Screening note: This digital screening has two very limited watch windows, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm PT on Saturday, October 10, and from 2:00pm to 4:30pm PT on Saturday, October 17, and is available to ticket buyers and passholders within the United States.
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Sometimes called “culinary diamonds,” Italy’s native Alba truffle has been a sought-after delicacy for generations; its distinct flavor and aroma—not to mention the elusive truffle’s inability to be cultivated anywhere else in the world—come with a price tag of several thousand dollars per pound. The Truffle Hunters introduces us to a merry band of elderly men and their highly skilled canines who carry on an age-old tradition of procuring the rare underground mushroom. With unprecedented access to these truffle gatekeepers, their trusted dogs, and their long-standing secrets, directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw capture the group’s eccentric and joyous “treasure hunts” through the breathtaking forests of Northern Italy. With its profile of an aging generation of hard-working men without successors whose “family business” has become plagued by harsh external factors, executive producer Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, MVFF40) likens The Truffle Hunters to Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (MVFF42)—both rich in scope and contemplative in nature.
A Telluride Film Festival selection
Thank you to our Community Partner Cinema Italia San Francisco!