84 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Starring Piero Botto, Sergio Cauda, Aurelio Conterno, Maria Cicciù, Egidio Gagliardi, Enrico Crippa
Cinema Italiano: Italian Film Festival
28th June - 5th July
Starting this June, The Vic is proud to be hosting special screenings for the Seventh Edition of the Italian Film Festival NZ. With a curated programme that combines the best in contemporary Italian cinema with masterpieces from Italy’s rich cinematic tradition.
Sun 3 July 6.00pm
Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the prized white Alba truffle. Desired by the wealthiest patrons in the world, it remains a pungent but rarified mystery. It cannot be cultivated or found, even by the most resourceful of modern excavators. The only souls on Earth who know how to dig it up are a tiny circle of canines and their silver-haired human companions-Italian elders with walking sticks and devilish senses of humor-who only scour for the truffle at night so as not to leave any clues for others. Still, this small enclave of hunters induces a feverish buying market that spans the globe. With unprecedented access to the elusive truffle hunters, filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Last Race, 2018 Sundance Film Festival) follow this maddening cycle from the forest floor to the pristine restaurant plate. With a wily and absurdist flare, The Truffle Hunters captures a precarious ritual constantly threatened by greed and outside influences but still somehow ...
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Cinema Italiano: Italian Film Festival
28th June - 5th July
Starting this June, The Vic is proud to be hosting special screenings for the Seventh Edition of the Italian Film Festival NZ. With a curated programme that combines the best in contemporary Italian cinema with masterpieces from Italy’s rich cinematic tradition.
Sun 3 July 6.00pm
Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the prized white Alba truffle. Desired by the wealthiest patrons in the world, it remains a pungent but rarified mystery. It cannot be cultivated or found, even by the most resourceful of modern excavators. The only souls on Earth who know how to dig it up are a tiny circle of canines and their silver-haired human companions-Italian elders with walking sticks and devilish senses of humor-who only scour for the truffle at night so as not to leave any clues for others. Still, this small enclave of hunters induces a feverish buying market that spans the globe. With unprecedented access to the elusive truffle hunters, filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Last Race, 2018 Sundance Film Festival) follow this maddening cycle from the forest floor to the pristine restaurant plate. With a wily and absurdist flare, The Truffle Hunters captures a precarious ritual constantly threatened by greed and outside influences but still somehow ...