Mondovino

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Informative but lengthy behind-the-scenes look at the politics of modern winemaking.

73%

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With wine more readily available than ever before, a battle over its very soul is being waged. Using the dark, rich Bordeaux as the current standard-bearer, the film traverses several countries and continents to examine how the production of wine has created aristocratic dynasties and class conflicts. Small vineyards are contrasted with production on a grand scale, and wine experts from Sardinia, Napa Valley, Argentina and other places argue over whether wine creation has grown too commercial.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Brief Pin-Up Nudity)
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Jonathan Nossiter
  • Producer:
    Emmanuel Giraud, Jonathan Nossiter
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $209.6K
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  • Production Co:
    Goatworks Films
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby

Cast & Crew

Michael Broadbent
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Hubert de Montille
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Aime Guibert
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Jonathan Nossiter
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Robert Parker
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Michel Rolland
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Neal Rosenthal
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Jonathan Nossiter
Director
Jonathan Nossiter
Writer
Emmanuel Giraud
Producer
Jonathan Nossiter
Producer
Jonathan Nossiter
Cinematographer
Jonathan Nossiter
Film Editor
Catherine Hannoun
Executive Producer
Juan Pittaluga
Associate Producer
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Audience Reviews for Mondovino

  • Jan 27, 2012
    Very entertaining documentary on the wine industry. Here we see alcohol's royalty. I have always been fascinated to learn of the Mondavi family in particular. Good work.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Jan 15, 2009
    I didn't find this film as engaging as it could have been. The thing I find most memorable about this film was the utterly atrocious camerawork and the puzzling editing: why leave in the footage of a servant interrupting the interview? The subject matter at the core is interesting, though: How, with the advent of globalization, big foreign wineries are buying [muscling] out family-owned ventures and the power that a handful of wine critics weild worldwide in wine consumption and production. I think that the filmmaking manages to cut through the fog of pretention that surrounds wine, but the characters themselves get mired and bogged down in it. I also think this movie's too long.
    Emily A Super Reviewer
  • May 09, 2006
    [font=Century Gothic]"Mondovino" is a documentary about the global wine industry, specifically about the Mondavi vineyards' attempts to expand into Europe. The first attempt failed in France with help from the locals and the Commmunist mayor(further proof why more Communists should be elected to office) but later succeeded in Tuscany. What is at issue here is the danger of wines everywhere becoming uniform and losing their individuality because of consultants and critics forcing their tastes on everybody else. In the movie, this is referred to as globalization but I prefer the term corporatization.(In the film, one person compares this to a supermarket putting smaller stores out of business.)[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Mondovino" is an informative film which does touch on some important issues but also could have been helped by a narrator to assist those of us uninitiated across three continents. It does not help that the movie is filmed by someone who was apparently more interested in filming dogs than human beings.(Bonus points for including a Basset Hound, though.)[/font]
    Walter M Super Reviewer
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