A peasant wine maker in 19th Century France and an angel grapple with the sensual, the sacred and the profane in their search for the perfect vintage.

Production company: Ascension Film.

Co-production company: Kortex/Acajou Films (France).

Budget: n/a.

Backers:New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, Motion Investment Group (Belgium), OLC/Rights Entertainment (Japan), Birka Holding AB, Burgundy Film Commission, Les Films 2 Cinema, NZonAir.

Producers:Robin Laing, Pascal Judelewicz, Ludi Boeken, Laurie Parker, Niki Caro.

Co-Producers: Jean-Francois Klein, Claes Wachtmeister.

Int’l sales: NZ Film.

Local distrib: Icon. (OLC/Rights Entertainment in Japan, and Ascot Elite in Switzerland)

Executive producers: Chica Benadava, Jeremy Burdek, Masahuru Inaba, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski.

Director: Niki Caro.

Scriptwriter:Niki Caro, Joan Scheckem from the novel of the same name by Elizabeth Knox.

DoP:Denis Lenoir.

Production designer: Grant Major.

Cast:Jeremie Renier, Gaspard Ulliel, Vera Farmiga, Keisha Castle-Hughes.

Shooting from March to May, 2008, in New Zealand and France.

Contact: Kathleen Drumm, head of sales and marketing, NZ Film, + 64 4 382 7680.

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