Gabriel and the Mountain

Gabriel and the Mountain (Portuguese: Gabriel e a montanha) is a 2017 Brazilian-French drama film directed by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa. It tells the true story of Brazilian backpacker Gabriel Buchmann who travels through several African countries, for some time with his girlfriend Cristina, and finally dies while climbing Mount Mulanje in Malawi. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] At Cannes, it won the France 4 Visionary Award and the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award.[3]

Gabriel and the Mountain
Film poster
Directed byFellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Written byFellipe Gamarano Barbosa
StarringCaroline Abras
Release date
  • 21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 30 August 2017 (2017-08-30) (France)
  • 2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) (Brazil)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryBrazil
France
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
French
Swahili

Cast
  • Caroline Abras as Cristina
  • João Pedro Zappa as Gabriel
  • Luke Mpata
  • John Goodluck
  • Rashidi Athuman
  • Leonard Siampala
  • Rhosinah Sekeleti
  • Alex Alembe

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83%, based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

References
  1. "Selection of the 56th International Critics' Week". International Critics' Week. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. de Seille, Dany. "56th International Critics' Week Press Kit" (PDF). International Critics' Week. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. Keslassy, Elsa (25 May 2017). "'Makala,' 'Gabriel and the Mountain' Scoop Cannes' Critics' Week Awards". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. "Gabriel and the Mountain (Gabriel e a montanha) (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "Gabriel and the Mountain Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 December 2020.


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