Vendémiaire (1919)
Synopsis
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....
Release Date: 1919-01-17
Runtime: 148 minutes
Director: Louis Feuillade
Top Cast
- René Cresté as Pierre Bertin
- Édouard Mathé as Capitaine de Castelviel
- Louis Leubas as Wilfrid
- Mary Harald as Sara la bohémienne
- Lugane as Marthe
- Fabiola as Marie
- Adeline de La Croix as Mme de Castelviel
- Manuel Caméré as Fritz
- Georges Biscot as Bernadou
- Jeanne Rollette as
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