Gabriel and the Mountain

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Gabriel and the Mountain
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Directed byFellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Written byFellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Lucas Paraizo
Kirill Mikhanovsky
Starring Caroline Abras
Release dates
  • 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
CountriesBrazil
France
LanguagesEnglish
Portuguese
French
Swahili

Gabriel and the Mountain (Portuguese : Gabriel e a montanha) is a 2017 Brazilian-French drama film directed by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa. It was screened in the 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]

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Plot

The film tells the true story of Brazilian backpacker Gabriel Buchmann who travels through several African countries, some of the time with his girlfriend Cristina, and dies while climbing Mount Mulanje, Malawi.

Cast

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]

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