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The Truffle Hunters is a 2020 documentary film directed and produced by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. It follows a group of aging men hunting in the woods, for a prized quarry, the Alba truffle. Luca Guadagnino serves as an executive producer under his Frenesy Film Company banner.
Mar 5, 2021 · It’s sometimes hard to stomach the Italio-Greek foodie doc “The Truffle Hunters,” a compelling but generally patronizing slice-of-life portrait of the title characters, a reclusive group of foragers, all in their 70s and 80s, who find and sell truffles from the forests of Piedmont, Italy.
With Piero Botto, Sergio Cauda, Maria Cicciù, Aurelio Conterno. Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years old, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle-which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation.
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- Documentary
- Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
- 2021-03-12
Dec 25, 2020 · In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.
The Truffle Hunters explores a world most viewers will know nothing about -- with delightfully savory results. Read Critics Reviews
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- Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
- PG-13
- Piero Botto
Jul 9, 2021 · Owen Wilson should definitely be cast as cheeky, little-boy-lost, Carlo, and Jonathan Pryce is the obvious choice for steely, saintly Aurelio.
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Jul 2, 2021 · Time Out says. You can imagine Bill Murray, Bob Balaban and co ageing up for a Wes Anderson version of this stupidly delightful dog-umentary about elderly truffle hunters roaming Italy’s...
