The Mountain (2018)

Directed by

Rick Alverson

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in the 1950s goes to work for a doctor who travels around performing lobotomies on patients. The story follows their strange road trip and the quiet, disturbing bond that forms between them.

slow-burnbleakunsettlingcerebralminimalistcoldmeditativealienating

What happens

The Mountain is a 2018 American drama film directed by Rick Alverson, from a screenplay by Alverson, Dustin Guy Defa and Colm O'Leary. The script is loosely based on the story of controversial physician Walter Freeman. It stars Tye Sheridan, Denis Lavant, Hannah Gross, Udo Kier and Jeff Goldblum. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2018. It was released on July 26, 2019, by Kino Lorber. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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