Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, co-directors of "The Truffle Hunters" and "Gaucho Gaucho" return with a whimsical look at Burgundian oenophilia that is affectionate and quaffable but a little bit low-ABV.
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Courtesy of Beautiful Development Company, Venice Film Festival “Everything that follows is true. Exactly as we dreamed it,” reads the opening title of “Burgundy,” from award-winning documentary duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, with an almost legible wink. It’s a sweet start to a sweet movie, but in retrospect it sounds a little defensive, as though the pair are aware that, especially compared to their last two lovely films — 2020’s “The Truffle Hunters” and 2024’s “Gaucho Gaucho” — “Burgundy” feels less like an incisive portrait of a particular arcane lifestyle than a rambling reverie about it. Amiably riffing on the viticultural tradition of the eponymous winemaking region of eastern-central France, “Burgundy” has more fragrance than substance and even then, too quickly loses its bouquet.
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