The Vintner's Luck: Find out more here!

Published: 11:16AM Wednesday September 09, 2009

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The Vintner's Luck is the latest feature from acclaimed New Zealand based filmmaker Niki Caro, director of the Academy nominated films Whale Rider and North Country.

Adapted from Elizabeth Knox's award winning novel by Caro and Joan Scheckel, this unconventional love story is set in 19th century France.

The Vintner's Luck is a story of love, wine and angels; recounting the life of Sobran Jodeau, a peasant winemaker and his life-long ambition to produce a great wine - a wine that has never before been tasted. Set in Burgundy in the years spanning 1810 - 1837 the film was shot on locations in France and New Zealand.

Caro has brought together a young international cast for the film. Belgian actor Jérémie Renier plays Sobran Jodeau, with New Zealander Keisha Castle-Hughes as his beautiful but troubled wife, Celeste. French Actor Gaspard Ulliel is Xas, an angel who seems more human than divine. American actress Vera Farmiga is baroness Aurora de Valday, an aristocrat who encourages Sobran in his winemaking ambitions, and becomes romantically involved with the peasant vintner.

The Vintner's Luck reunites Caro with Keisha Castle-Hughes, the young star of Whale Rider, who received international acclaim and an Academy nomination, for this role. She also recently picked up an award at The Qantas Film and Television Awards for her role in Piece Of My Heart.

Behind the scenes creative talent includes Academy award winning production designer Grant Major, (the Lord of the Rings trilogy) director of photography Denis Lenoir (Angel, Carrington), costume designer Beatrix Pasztor (Vanity Fair, The Fisher King), and editor David Coulson (Whale Rider, North Country).

Watch the trailer for The Vintner's Luck here!