2006 · comedy · drama · romance
A Good Year
Directed by Ridley Scott1h 57m2006
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Our read: A Good Year (2006) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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