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Overview

This documentary spotlights the unique bond between aging truffle hunters and their dogs in the picturesque forests of Piedmont, Italy. The 70-year-old hunters pursue the rare and expensive white Alba truffle, a gourmet ingredient that can fetch hefty sums at auctions, partly because of their refusal to impart their expertise to a new generation. Directed and produced by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.

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Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Dubbed, AC-3, Digital Theater System)
  • Run Time: 84
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 043396573826
  • Genre: DOCUMENTARY
  • Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
  • Release Date: August 2021

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"[A] captivating vérité documentary, which finds humor, charm and poignancy in the crusty eccentrics and their adored canine companions who sniff out the aromatic tubers, usually under the secretive cloak of night." - 01/26/2020 Hollywood Reporter


"Like the gastronomic delicacy that can neither be replaced nor cultivated, the film from co-directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw oozes a cinematic perfume both delightful and distinctive." - 01/27/2020 Variety


4 stars out of 5 -- "A strange, funny, mysterious and rather beautiful film about an activity that’s recherché to say the least: truffle hunting, and it is a taste on which my palate still needs educating." - 09/16/2020 The Guardian


"[A] charming and slyly poignant documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw..." - 03/04/2021 New York Times


3 stars out of 4 -- "Thankfully, Dweck and Kershaw also seem to like their characters enough to pick up on their individual quirks and hang-ups." - 03/05/2021 RogerEbert.com


"THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS takes a rare and exotic delicacy -- the Alba white truffle -- and turns it into an elegy for a simpler, pre-technological way of life." - 03/10/2021 A.V. Club


4 stars out of 4 -- "A delectable mix of foodie obsession, fabulous canines, precariously piquant European culture and aspirational connoisseurship infuses THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS." - 03/17/2021 Washington Post


"The film reveals threats to the idyllic lifestyle -- dog poisoners, climate change and deforestation rendering truffles extinct -- but revels in the sense of men taking an almost spiritual sustenance and joy in simply carrying out their work." - 07/09/2021 Empire

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