Natural Resistance

6.2 / 10

(6 votes)

Ten years after Mondovino, his analysis of the increasingly standardised wine production in France, wine expert Jonathan Nossiter picks up the thread again and shows what it means to be rooted in the soil you're working on. During walks through the vineyards and relaxed gatherings with a group of alternative Italian wine growers, he trades experiences and arguments. What looks like a bucolic paradise, where intelligent people produce wine according to time-honoured and organic methods, is actually revealed to be a battleground. The DOC association, which is supposed to look after the interest of independent vintners, promotes winemakers who produce vast amounts in a standardised quality; and the agricultural industry with its hygiene regulations excludes traditional methods of production. The only thing saving the landscape from being totally destroyed is affluent foreigners using the old vineyards as summer holiday homes.

Country:

Italy,

France

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

2014

Director:

Jonathan Nossiter

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Company:

Les Films Du Rat,

Goatworks Films

Cast:
Stefano Bellotti

Elena Pantaleoni

Giovanna Tiezzi

Corrado Dottori

Gianluca Farinelli

Crew:
Paula Prandini

Producer

Gianluca Farinelli

Producer

Jonathan Nossiter

Director of Photography

Jonathan Nossiter

Director

Santiago Amigorena

Producer