Films in the “wine in films” series – June 2025
Three years ago, I began a series of posts in which I took screenshots from films I watched that featured bottles of wine. The idea was to try to figure out what kind of...
Category: Wine in Films
Hanging with the chief – “The Lost Okoroshi” (2019) – Wine in Films #48
When you visit the chief and he invites you to try some homemade palm wine, you accept. It is respectful and makes you feel both good. That’s what is going on in the 11th...
Focal point – “Gone Running / Futni mentem” (2024) – Wine in Films #47
Awkward bit? Single dad, played by Sándor Csányi, invited a frenemy lady, played by Réka Tenki, for dinner to thank her for being there for his daughter, played by Róza Tóth. In the 69th minute of the Hungarian...
Prop for coercion – “Blood & Gold” (2023) – Wine in Films #46
When you are forced to sit down with the enemy, a nazi, would you drink from the wine he set out on the table, like he did in the 57th minute of the German...
Weddings are for drinking – “And Then We Danced” (2019) – Wine in Films #45
Weddings are for drinking, right? It does not matter much whether one celebrates the newlyweds, where the groom happens to be one’s brother– as is the case in the excellent Georgian movie And Then...
Disturbed? Call the cops – “The Christmas Chronicles” (2018) – Wine in Films #44
What would you do if you were having a nice pre-Christmas dinner, with a glass of red wine too, and then an old Santa Claus-looking guy, played by Kurt Russell, comes and asks for your...
Wine as a religious symbol – “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” (1970) – Wine in Films #43
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a surreal Czech(oslovakian) film from 1970 full of symbols, so I was waiting for the wine to appear as one of them. My expectation was met when...
Drowning the sadness of parenting – “…ing” (2003) – Wine in Films #42
Even a mother of a seriously ill teen child can sometimes accept melancholy. Like Lee Mi-sook does in the 68th minute of the 2003 Korean movie “…ing” and grabs a glass of red wine,...
Awkward dinner – “A Real Pain” (2024) – Wine in Films #41
The whole group of tourists, who are visiting Poland and reconnecting with their Holocaust heritage, are having an intimate dinner with ample red wine that turns awkward as the conversation and the antics are...
Ingredient for seduction – “Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014) – Wine in Films #40
A somewhat naive Hector, played by Simon Pegg doesn’t even realize that an escort, played by Ming Zhao is seducing him. Part of the process is being offered a bottle of red wine in...