Back to Burgundy [Audio: French]
Being away for someone for ten years is so hard, specially if this is your family, this is what makes Jean returns to his hometown after leaving them ten years ago. He receives news that his father has a serious illness. When he arrives, he meets his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie. They try to reach consolidation of their relations together.
December 13, 1955 in Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France
29 January 1989, Paris, France
April 13, 2018
Three siblings in their thirties... return after the death of their father to the family vineyard where they grew up. It's a modest yet charming legacy: quel domaine!
March 29, 2018
Warm without sacrificing integrity, pleasant but not to a fault, "Back to Burgundy" is satisfying rather than earth-shaking.
March 23, 2018
A film so rich and pleasurable you'd be forgiven if you thought about it each time you have a glass of red.
April 05, 2018
Images of the fecund countryside or the siblings stomping grapes together may be enough to besot the senses, but beware the murky residue that can cloud the mind.
July 06, 2018
It's all quite captivating, especially for wine lovers - and there's a narrative as well.
March 30, 2018
There is a lot to admire here. Take your time and drink it in.
March 29, 2018
As far as winemaking is concerned, Back to Burgundy is rich in vistas of the fabled côtes; stuffed with oenophile info... and studded with casual tastings of wines that most of us can only dream of.
July 06, 2018
Really, why watch this rather privileged bunch of French siblings yell at each other when you could just as easily have a screaming match with your own family and friends?
March 29, 2018
...many eye-boggling shots of the vistas covered entirely by fields of grapes that are, in themselves, worth the price of admission...a superb film capturing the ambience of winemaking magnificently and the family disputes that accompany it.
March 24, 2018
After sharing this journey with such a well-rounded and deeply human group of characters, how can you ever look at a glass of wine the same way again?
March 30, 2018
While the scenery is sweet, the formulaic script leaves a sour aftertaste.
March 27, 2018
For most of the movie, Klapisch deftly choreographs the human drama.

