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First Growth

The movie delivers both a romance portrayed by top-notch actors and a story of wine-making…

Screen Daily
  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Jerome Le Maire
  • France 2015
  • 97 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Charlie Marechal, the owner of a successful guide to the wines of France, is forced to take over the vineyard that has been in his family for 200 years when it gets dangerously close to bankruptcy due to his father's loss of interest in operating his vineyard. Having little previous experience in the wine-making process, he gambles on using traditional methods that went in disuse with the introduction of technology.
Jerome Le Gris’ enjoyable film offers sumptuous cinematography of the vineyards of Burgundy, an assured cast and a feel-good script.
Filmography: Requiem for a Killer (2011).

**The screening of First Growth, the Closing Film of the Doculinary Program, will include a talk about wine. A glass of wine and light refreshments will be served.


  • Director Jerome Le Maire
  • Production Alain Terzian
  • Script Rémi Bezançon, Jérôme Le Maire, Vanessa Portal
  • Cinematography David Ungaro
  • Editing Sylvie Landra
  • Actors Gerard Lanvin, Jalil Lespert, Alice Taglioni
  • Source Nachshon Films, Tel Aviv

First Growth