If you care to complete the above sentence after you’ve watched this, you’ll doubtless be scribbling superlatives because From the Vine is as entertaining as much as it is eccentric yet easy-going.
It’s hard to imagine a more deserved screening at Devour! The Food Film Fest, which is where it made its North American premiere in 2019 – not since Silence of the Lambs has Italian wine has been used to such effect on-screen.
Based on the little-known Kenneth Canio Cancellara novel, Finding Marco, Marco Gentile (Joe Pantoliano) is a Toronto high-flyer who seems to have it all – or does he? Cue a mid-life crisis with a difference, much to the consternation of his wife Marina (Wendy Crewson) and daughter Laura (Paula Brancati).
Although the movie is set predominantly in Acerenza, a small town in the Basilicata region, it’s a joint Canadian-Italian production, so getting the linguistic balance...
It’s hard to imagine a more deserved screening at Devour! The Food Film Fest, which is where it made its North American premiere in 2019 – not since Silence of the Lambs has Italian wine has been used to such effect on-screen.
Based on the little-known Kenneth Canio Cancellara novel, Finding Marco, Marco Gentile (Joe Pantoliano) is a Toronto high-flyer who seems to have it all – or does he? Cue a mid-life crisis with a difference, much to the consternation of his wife Marina (Wendy Crewson) and daughter Laura (Paula Brancati).
Although the movie is set predominantly in Acerenza, a small town in the Basilicata region, it’s a joint Canadian-Italian production, so getting the linguistic balance...
- 8/30/2021
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
"If you build this vineyard in honour of your grandfather, it can become everyone's dream." Indiecan Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled From the Vine, adapted from the novel "Finding Marco" by Kenneth Canio Cancellara. This played at the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest in Italy last year, and also stopped by the Napa Valley and Naples Film Festivals. The story follows a man who has an "ethical crisis" and returns to his hometown in rural Italy, where he finds new purpose reviving his grandfather's old vineyard, and figuring out a sustainable future for the small town nearby. Joe Pantoliano stars as Marco, with a cast including Paula Brancati, Marco Leonardi, Wendy Crewson, Tony Nardi, Tony Nappo, Franco Lo Presti, and Kevin Hanchard. This looks mostly harmless and drunk-on-wine fun, but it gets weird when the moon starts talkin'. This plays like an amusing Italy...
- 7/12/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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