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Gabriel and the Mountain(Gabriel e a montanha)

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Brazil, France · 2017
2h 7m
Director Fellipe Barbosa
Starring João Pedro Zappa, Caroline Abras, Rashidi Athuman, Luke Mpata
Genre Drama

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. His final destination: the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij

Barbosa doesn’t seem very interested in questioning Buchmann’s intentions — the idea of cultural appropriation never comes up, for starters — with the young man depicted as sincere if clearly naive.

38

Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard

The film seems to think that the mere recognition of Gabriel as a narcissist sufficiently complicates the character's sense of entitlement.

75

San Francisco Chronicle by David Lewis

Even if the proceedings sometime feel like a travelogue, the reconstructions of Gabriel’s last days alive, down to the exact locations and personal interactions, leave a strong impression.

70

Variety by Jay Weissberg

On one level, the film can be classified as a journey of discovery, but what deepens interest is the way Barbosa constantly asks the viewer to question what it means to travel.

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Village Voice by Jordan Hoffman

The location photography does much of the film’s heavy lifting, especially visits to Mount Kilimanjaro and Mulanje’s Sapitwa Peak. (The rumor is that a young J.R.R. Tolkien visited there, and Barbosa leans into this a bit for the big finish.) The star of the show, however, is the dialogue between cultures.

70

Screen International by Sarah Ward

Gabriel and the Mountain offers a moving look at the transformative nature of travel, both on those hopping around the world in search of a new perspective and those they encounter along the way.

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