The Vintner's Luck

The Vintner’s Luck is a story of love, wine and angels; recounting the life of Sobran Jodeau, a peasant winemaker and his life-long ambition to produce a great wine - a wine that has never before been tasted. Set in Burgundy in the...
New Zealand Production
Feature 2009 Drama 126.00 minutes
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The compelling tale of Sobran Jodeau, an ambitious young peasant winemaker and the three loves of his life – 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 his guidance Sobran is forced to fathom the nature of love and belief and in the process grapples with the sensual, the sacred and the profane – in pursuit of the perfect vintage.
2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Directors

Niki Caro

Producers

Robin Laing
Pascal Judelewicz
Ludi Boeken
Laurie Parker
Niki Caro

Screenplay Writers

Niki Caro
Joan Scheckel

Executive Producers

Chica Benadava
Jeremy Burdek
Masahura Inaba
Nadia Khamlichi
Adrian Politowski

Cast

Jeremie Renier
Sobran Jodeau
Gaspard Ulliel
Xas
Vera Farmiga
Baroness Aurora
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Celeste

Crew

Denis Lenoir | Director of Photography
David Coulson | Editor
Antonio Pinto | Music
Grant Major | Production Design
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor | Costume Design

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