Vintner's Luck, The - 2009
Ascension/Kortex/Acajou Films - 121 min.
UPC 9339065003512; 5051429102153
9339065003529(Blu-ray)
Cast: Jeremie Renier, Gaspard Ulliel, Vera Farmiga, Keisha Castle-Hughes.
Screenplay: Niki Caro, Joan Scheckel from the novel by Elizabeth Knox; Director of Photography: Denis Lenoir; Original Music: Antonio Pinto; Editing: David Coulson; Production Designer: Grant Major; Art Direction: Regine Constant; Costume Design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor; Makeup Design: Denise Kum; Producers: Ludi Boeken, Niki Caro, Pascal Judelewicz, Robin Laing, Laurie Parker;
Director: Niki Caro
Sobran Jodeau is an ambitious young peasant winemaker with three loves – his beautiful and passionate wife Celeste, the proudly intellectual baroness Aurora de Valday and Xas, a fallen angel who strikes up an unlikely but enduring friendship. Under the angel's guidance, Sobran is forced to fathom the nature of love, belief and immortality – in pursuit of the perfect vintage. This is a very beautiful film with a very nice soundtrack, but the story is barely the one in the novel and why doesn't Celeste age over the course of the 30+ year span of the story? Maybe Sobran ages so much more because of his randy nature, which is fully exhibited throughout.
Censor Rating: M - Review rating: B-
