Vendémiaire
If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonderfully down-to-earth realism – or down-to-French-earth realism to be specific. The film itself is divided into four chapters, the titles of which suggest that this is a movie about the cultivation and consumption of wine. But as the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that the cultivation and consumption of wine is an allegory for French culture and French land as a whole, and the real purpose of the film is to persuade the director’s fellow citizens to defend that spirit and those lands at all costs. It’s September 1918 and the war is coming to an end, but here on the Castelviel estate in the south of France the news has not yet arrived and everyone is busy with the grape harvest....
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Genres
Drama
Release
1919-01-17
Cast
René Cresté
Pierre Bertin
Édouard Mathé
Capitaine de Castelviel
Louis Leubas
Wilfrid
Mary Harald
Sara la bohémienne
Lugane
Marthe
Fabiola
Marie
Adeline de La Croix
Mme de Castelviel
Manuel Caméré
Fritz
Georges Biscot
Bernadou
Jeanne Rollette
Émile André
Violette Jyl
Olinda Mano
Gaston Michel
André Séchan
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