Vendémiaire

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....

Main Cast

René Cresté

Pierre Bertin

Age : 40 | Popularity : 3%

Édouard Mathé

Capitaine de Castelviel

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Louis Leubas

Wilfrid

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Mary Harald

Sara la bohémienne

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Lugane

Marthe

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Fabiola

Marie

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Adeline de La Croix

Mme de Castelviel

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Manuel Caméré

Fritz

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Louis Feuillade
Editing	Editor	Maurice Champreux
Writing	Writer	Louis Feuillade
Camera	Camera Operator	Léon Klausse Maurice Champreux
Department	Role	Name

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