Montebelluna Italy, open-air screening
July 18, 2023 at the Montebelluna TV open-air cinema (Italy), screening of the film, meeting with the director and wine tasting of wines...
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a film by Stéphan Balay
Vitis
prohibita
the return of the resistant grape varieties
video is coming :-)
The film was shot in France, Italy, Austria, Romania and the United States.
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«This is a movie that starts from a very small corner of the Cevennes in France and takes us to the United States to learn with precision, detail and intelligence, what is a resistant grape and a hybrid or multi-species vine, but also what is an act of resistance, an act of responsibility, an act of freedom, an act of love for wine. Here is a film that made us laugh and moved us, and which, while telling us about the past and the present, is talking mostly about the future.»
Jury of the International Grape and Wine Festival Oenovideo
AN UNPRECEDENTED DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE FILM ABOUT THE FORBIDDEN WINES
AND RESISTANT GRAPE VARIETIES
This is the incredible true story of “innocent” grape varieties that were deemed outlaws by the French government. Their grapes were falsely accused of being toxic when made into wine. Selling their wine was prohibited.
Their crime? They were grapes of resistance. Resistance to pests and diseases that, for more “noble” grapes, must be controlled with chemical sprays.
In spite of laws specifically banning these grapes from European soils and attempts to demean their wines, rebellious farmers have defended their value and defied their prohibition.
Resistant grape varieties may yet have the last word.
This film takes you inside stunning rural landscapes in France, Italy, Austria, Romania and the United States where the resistant vines are living history and their unique wines have a passionate following.
contents :
FILM: French 91 min
BONUS : 25 mins
• trailer
• the value of the Clinton
• AOC versus hybrids
• the importance of soils
• resistant grape varieties in Beaujolais
• Uhudler, a political affair
• the right method
• memories
MENU & SUBTITLES : French
LIVRET : French
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS :
PAL
all areas
Only for private use. The following are prohibited: partial or total copying, rental, loan, use for public performance, digital transmission, broadcasting.
DVD
FRENCH EDITION
12 €
content :
FILM: French audio 91 min
BONUS : online
MENU & SUBTITLES : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Booklet : English
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS :
PAL
all areas
Intended for private use only. The following are prohibited: partial or total copying, rental, loan, use for public performance, digital transmission, broadcasting.
DVD
INTERNATIONAL EDITION
7 LANGUAGES
12 €
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In the press
Midi Libre
"full of teachings"
Marie-Eve Lacasse - Le Figaro
"Erudite, imagined as a journey through Europe and America, it will captivate even the most knowledgeable."
Philippe Douteau - Paysan du Midi
"The film could not be more topical"
Alain Chene - pourlecinema.com
"The director Stephan Balay intoxicates us with this little happiness served in resistance"
Jacques Dupont - Le Point
"Not to be missed for wine lovers"
"An interesting, precious and rare light on a history of European vineyards"
Florence Monferran - lesclosdemiege.fr
"Freeing itself from a mere historical, even folkloric vision, the documentary touches on the universality of the subject"
Véronique Sachetti - La dépêche
"His film articulated around authentic and sincere encounters, the rustic accents of the Cévennes and the landscapes are in perfect harmony with these resistant grape varieties."
Pascale Cassagnes - En Magnum
"Stéphan Balay walks his camera with an angle of view that questions the future of these hybrids and the role they could play in a viticulture without pesticides. A claim summarized in the last words of the documentary:" The time has come to release resistant grape varieties and the diversity of flavors. ”To be seen without moderation.”
Telerama
"From the United States to Romania, via Italy and France, researchers, botanists and winegrowers tell the fascinating story of prohibited grape varieties which could well, in these times of climatic upheavals, come back to favor"
The movie is supported by
the association Fruits Oubliés Réseau
and IGP Vins des Cévennes
Association Lumière du Jour
26 av. Général Vincent
30700 Uzès
France
www.lumieredujour-prod.fr
contact@lumieredujour-prod.fr
keywords: resistant vine, hybrid grape variety, American vine, reduction of pesticides, phytosanitary products, viticulture without pesticides, methanol, vine diseases, phylloxera, downy mildew, powdery mildew, black rot, flavescence dorée, graft, rootstock, grafting, Georges Couderc, hybridizer, wine, vinification, natural wine, organic wine, biodynamics, global warming, climate change, Uhudler, Jacquez, Clinton, Isabella Othello, Herbemont, Noah, Concord, Cunningham, trellis, Cévennes, IGP, AOC, prohibition, vitis vinifera, vitis labrusca, vitis riparia, vitis amurensis.
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