Mountains: A Mille-feuille of Layered Subtexts In Monica Sorelle's "Mountains", a seemingly simple film about gentrification is much more than urban transformation. In one of several subtexts of this rich film, it's a profound exploration of how unmet expectations erode the human spirit. Set in Miami's Little Haiti, the film follows Xavier, a demolition worker whose daily labor of tearing down houses for his own neighborhood's gentrification becomes a metaphor for the systematic dismantling of personal and collective dreams. Psychological research by Davidai and Gilovich, and Buddhist...