Mondovino (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jonathan Nossiter

Writer:

Jonathan Nossiter (writer)

Release Date:

3 November 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions.

Plot Keywords:

Wine | Globalization | Wine Making | Vineyard | Agriculture

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Albiera Antinori	...	Herself
Allegra Antinori	...	Herself
Lodovico Antinori	...	Himself
Piero Antinori	...	Himself
Isanette Bianchetti	...	Herself
Jean-Charles Boisset	...	Himself
Marchioness Bona	...	Herself
Michael Broadbent	...	Himself
Antonio Cabezas	...	Himself
Battista Columbu	...	Herself
Lina Columbu	...	Herself
Xavier de Eizaguirre	...	Himself
Alix de Montille	...	Herself
Etienne de Montille	...	Himself
Hubert de Montille	...	Himself
Arnaldo Etchart	...	Himself (grandfather)
Marco Etchart	...	Himself
Salvatore Ferragamo	...	Himself
Marquis Dino Frescobaldi	...	Himself
Aime Guibert	...	Himself
Bill Harlan	...	Himself
Yvonne Hegoburu	...	Herself
Patrick Léon	...	Himself
Bernard Magrez	...	Himself
Margrit Mondavi	...	Herself
Michael Mondavi	...	Himself
Robert Mondavi	...	Himself
Tim Mondavi	...	Himself
Jonathan Nossiter	...	Himself
Robert Parker	...	Himself
Michel Rolland	...	Himself
Neal Rosenthal	...	Himself
James Suckling	...	Himself
Inaldo Tedesco	...	Himself
Jean-Luc Thunevin	...	Himself
Massimo Vinci	...	Himself
Patrizia Vinci	...	Herself
Marquis Vittorio	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Mondovino (Argentina)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief pin-up nudity.

Runtime:

135 min | France:159 min

Country:

Argentina | France | Italy | USA

Language:

English | French | Italian | Spanish | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Spain:T | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Diaphana Films

Goofs:

Errors in geography: During the shots showing the rail trip to Baltimore to visit wine critic Robert Parker, the word "Delaware" is superimposed, but the "PATH" logo is clearly visible on the passing building, which places the building in New Jersey. PATH is a commuter railroad operated between New Jersey and Manhattan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and it has no facilities in Delaware.

Micro oxygenate this!

I was expecting a lot from this movie, and I can say I haven't been disappointed. First of all, this movie, as a world tour of wine making, let the spectator enjoy beautiful places. The people interviewed are really interesting and funny too, in particular Hubert de Montille. The shooting may be confusing, the camera always being unsteady and often focusing on secondary elements in the backgrounds. You may not like it, but I don't consider it as a defect.

The themes raised in the movie may be kind of confusing as well, since globalization isn't the only issue discussed. But Nossiter managed to give his movie a consistency all along. A great achievement of this movie is revealing all the characters involved in the wine industry as they really are, avoiding a cliché "Good against Evil". This could be the main difference between "Mondovino" and Michael Moore's documentaries; Nossiter's point of view appears in a subtle way, through opinions expressed by his favorite characters. The richness of this documentary relies mainly upon the characters, the history of long-time wine-making families, such as the De Montilles, the Mondavis, the Antinori and the Frescobaldi. Nossiter lets the spectator discover that wine is somehow related to families, rather than just being a business and an industry. This movie doesn't make you want to drink wine, but certainly make you want to discover vineyards and wine-makers.

I watched this movie as a student in Enology, and let's just there are many ways to learn. I give this documentary 10 out of 10, despite his technical particularities.