Back to Burgundy / Ce Qui Nous Lie

[asajoseph]

Thought I'd mention this, as it's showing in a couple of places in Sydney at the moment, but I went to see Back to Burgundy (Fr: Ce Qui Nous Lie / That Which Binds Us) at the Hayden Orpheum last night.

I can probably count the number of fictional / semi-fictional wine-themed films that are worth watching on one finger (and it'd be my pinkie!), but this can be added to the list. Narrative revolved around three siblings inheriting a Burgundy domaine from their parents, and their struggle with how to work around their tax obligations, plus other family relationships. Wine / wine-making was really central to the plot though, with a surprising amount of fairly accurate detail thrown in - from making decisions around when to harvest, whether to de-stem, biodynamics, barrel ageing, and managing structure and fruit in the finished wine. Nothing there that's going to educate a true wine-geek, but it wasn't totally dumbed-down either, and it was blended really well with the overall plot.

The plot itself was a little slow-going at times, and the narrative conclusion perhaps left a little to be desired, but overall I really enjoyed it, and would definitely recommend it. It's at the Orpheum at least until Wednesday, and IMDB suggests one or two other cinemas currently showing.

[TiggerK]

Saw it the other day as well, I really enjoyed it! My review elsewhere was... French movie (subtitled), Jean returns to his brother and sister at the family Burgundy wine domaine after 10 years away having heard of his fathers serious illness. Jean has been a flying winemaker around the world, and has since settled in Australia. It's a story of family bonds, finding your niche, breaking free (or not), love and loyalties, all set amongst the ups and downs of vintage time. Plenty of winemaking, wine talk and endless well shot Burgundy scenery porn, and one of the characters is played by none other than Jean-Marc Roulot who does a great job in his role as old timer winery assistant (stripey top in the pic). Really enjoyable, calm, gentle, sometimes moving and overall I thought a beautiful movie.

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[felixp21]

absolutely loved the movie... thru a baseline story, it dealt with pretty much every single serious issue in Burgundy today. From inheritance tax, corporate take-overs, climate change and even the hilarious scene that beautifully out-lined the massive problems between organic and non-organic farmers with rows adjacent to each other.
could not recommend this movie highly enough, especially for those that have an intricate knowledge of the land and the people.
superb.

[asajoseph]

To add one thing - my other half, who has little / no interest in wine, and absolutely hates subtitled movies, really loved the film.

So that says a something for it!

[swirler]

Roulot would be in this, wouldn't be?!

Are they supposed to be predominantly red producers or white? If white, does it mention premox?

[michel]

Brilliant
I was planning check it out