Wednesday April 22nd 2015
France 2012 100 minutes
Director: Giles Legrand
Starring: Neils Arestrup, Lorant Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais.
Paul Marceul is the proud owner of a prestigious vineyard in St Emilion. He is a domineering figure, passionate and demanding about his wine. He is disappointed in his son Martin, whom he feels lacks his own forceful and charismatic character. His trusted manager Francois also has a son, Philippe, working in the wine trade in California. When Francois is diagnosed with terminal cancer Philippe returns to France, and Paul Marceul sees in him all the qualities which he thinks his own son lacks. But can he engineer a change in the natural laws of succession? In the words of one film critic ‘Like a fine wine, this drama is full-bodied and complex’.
