The documentary âThe Truffle Huntersâ offers a glimpse into the world of high-stakes truffle hunting in Italy, with an approach is artful, thoughtful and at times, even whimsical.
The film, which has earned a spot on the documentary Oscars shortlist, is co-directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, who also both served as the filmâs cinematographers. The pair previously collaborated on Dweckâs 2018 film âThe Last Race,â a tribute to Long Islandâs last stock car race track, which becomes an almost abstract cinematic exploration of rumbling diesel engines and exhaust fumes.
On the surface, it would seem that âThe Truffle Huntersâ couldnât be further from âThe Last Race,â in mood, style and tone. But Dweck and Kershaw have a fascination with, and urge to capture on film, ways of life that are on the brink of extinction. In both âThe Last Raceâ and âThe Truffle Hunters,â they utilize a studied observati
The cast will include Jessy Carvalho, Kris Connelly, Steve Dooner, Annie Dunn, Declan Dunn, and Alex Norton, all of Weymouth; Tim Bevens, Annie Daly, Colin Daly, Dave Daly, Sara Daly, Sarah Dewey, Isabella Monti, and Elizabeth O’Neill, all of Hingham.
And also, Bonnie Gardner and Max Ripley of Rockland; Meghan Boutilier and Melissa Carubia of Abington; Christie Emerson and Christopher Spencer of Quincy; Jeff Foster of Boston; Jim Foster of Milton; Hana Bowker-Wickersham of Hanover; Renee O Neill of Kingston; and Chris DiOrio of Whitman.
While the Company Theatre’s mainstage has been closed for the past year, the company has been presenting live outdoor shows since last fall.
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In "The Truffle Hunters," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, Italian men in their 60s, 70s and 80s do as they ve done for decades search the forests of the Alba region for precious white truffles.