Red Obsession

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Red Obsession

Released Sep 6, 2013

1h 15m

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Chinese demand for France's finest wines has caused the price of Bordeaux to skyrocket, forcing traditional buyers out.

Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Despite being a rather thin, by-the-books documentary that abruptly changes course at the halfway mark, Red Obsession tells a fascinating financial tale about the rise of "wine fever" in China.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 26, 2013

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

"Red Obsession" gains interest as it delineates how the production and sale of first-growth Bordeaux has become the biggest of businesses and how the Chinese may or may not fit into the picture.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 12, 2013

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

A film about obsession, about wine-mania, about people who live, breathe, eat, think, drink wine.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 6, 2013

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

Red Obsession captures the acute attention to detail any good documentary needs; high-definition shots of laborers harvesting the vineyards and actually turning the freshly picked grapes into a bottle of Bordeaux are fascinating processes to watch.

Mar 1, 2019

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics (Substack)

A lot of worthless talk about the greatness of Bordeaux takes too much away from the very few fascinating parts of the story.

Rated: 2/5

May 30, 2014

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Kam Williams

Baret News

Wine documentary examines China's consumption's contribution to runaway prices.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 26, 2014

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Audience Member

Wine???? who cares? Corporate types moaning about their prices.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/24

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Audience Member

A relief that this was a really well made and concise film. More than happy to hear from a good number of wine makers and merchants giving varying views. It was not dominated by the Chinese economic explosion but always a bit depressing to see people who come into a lot of money not having a clue what to buy with it but getting more of a kick spending it and using it as a status symbol.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

So fascinating! If you're a wino like us, you NEED to see this film!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Really interesting doc.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Very well done and full of important wine history,

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Rampant consumerism as the order of the day in China.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Warwick Ross

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David Roach

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Russell Crowe

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David Roach

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Synopsis

Chinese demand for France's finest wines has caused the price of Bordeaux to skyrocket, forcing traditional buyers out.

Director: Warwick Ross, David Roach
Producer: Warwick Ross
Screenwriter: David Roach, Warwick Ross
Distributor: FilmBuff
Production Co: Lion Rock Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 6, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.2K
Runtime: 1h 15m