Mondovino

Mondovino is one of the rare non-fiction films shown in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival Competition. Jonathan Nossiter has an unusual dual career that includes award-winning credentials as a filmmaker -- his second feature, Sunday, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance -- and sommelier, consultant, and wine writer. Mondovino was filmed across three continents, in five languages, over a three-year period. With an insider’s access and an artist’s eye, Nossiter weaves together multiple family and multi-generational sagas, and uncovers a complex tapestry of rivalries, alliances, conflicts, and conspiracies—all stemming from the production, distribution, and consumption of one of the oldest, most respected, and still-affordable luxuries remaining.