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25/12/2020 Documentary 1h 24m
75
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Overview

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.

  1. Michael Dweck

    Director

  2. Gregory Kershaw

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Carlo Gonella

  2. Sergio Cauda

  3. Aurelio Conterno

  4. Angelo Gagliardi

  5. Maria Cicciù

  6. Gianfranco Curti

  7. Paolo Stacchini

  8. Piero Botto

  9. Egidio Gagliardi

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-27
I really enjoyed this documentary about four elderly gents - and their four legged friends - who quite literally scavenge the Piedmont countryside looking for one of the most valuable commodities known to culinary science. It takes a sort of fly-on-the-wall approach to exploring and sharing with us how these men operate, how their working practices have changed little since God was a boy. How they get ripped off by intermediaries who then sell these rare fungi onto the restaurant trade for exorbitant prices that only become more so when we have them in a restaurant - it really does give an who...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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