In the Bottle

Culinary Cinema

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Favio Vinson
  • France 2019
  • 70 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Thierry Barré has three passions: art, wine and Don Quixote. He writes a short novel on a wine trip between France and Spain and a film producer decides to adapt it for cinema. This unexpected turn leads Thierry to pair with actors José Garcia and Joël Dupuch for an unforgettable wine trip.

With no script, a half-broken vintage mini cooper, a 25kg Don Quixote sculpture and more than 2000km of road to travel in less than 13 days, they will attempt to reach the Spanish region of La Mancha in order to bring Thierry’s novel to life.

Feature-Length Debut

The screening will be followed by a conversation in the Festival Garden on: “What’s in the bottle?”
Speaker: Eli Ben Zaken, Castel Winery

Ben Zaken was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He grew up in England, Italy and Switzerland and immigrated to Israel in the early 1970s. Without a formal education in the areas of wine and agriculture, he established the Castel Winery, probably the most successful boutique winery in Israel. Ben Zaken will talk about his wine journey, his treasure in a bottle and the changes in the wine industry in Israel and around the world.


  • Director Favio Vinson
  • Production Patrick Godeau, Mickan Bond
  • Cinematography Valentin Meaux
  • Editing Camille Delprat, Clement Candelara
  • Participants Thierry Barré, José Garcia, Joël Dupuch
  • Source Elle Driver, Paris