The Truffle Hunters

audience Reviews

, 77% Audience Score
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Not sure how they made a documentary like this. Felt like a movie. A little slow, but surprisingly rewarding.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Bellisima. I was absolutely riveted. The juxtaposition of the earth-bound lives of the hunters (and their dogs) with the cosmopolitan lives of restauranteurs and dealers buying and selling their product at $5000 per pound requires no narration, no explanation. It is a feast in every sense of the world. Loved this movie. Surprisingly poignant and timely.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Absolutely fantastic especially, if you love Dogs and Italy
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    A group of older men and their dogs search for truffles. It's informative and occasionally entertaining, but drags a bit. Overall, it's about men who are too passionate to retire. It's worth watching.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    Beautiful static vignettes with a wonderful soundtrack capture one of the most obscure and dying "professions" in Italy. In the sense that there is no narrative, it's just moments from life shot over apparently three years. To be honest, not many of the hunters have anything interesting to say in those staged dialogues. In fact, if you're looking for some extensive information about the process of truffle hunting, this isn't that type of documentary. These old man like bearded dwarfs in the mountain refuse to disclose any secrets and would rather take them to their grave. It doesn't stop them, however, from complaining that young people are not interested in their craft. The movie is very grim in this aspect because the longer it goes on, the faster it becomes more apparent that these people will not leave anything behind but their dogs, as every venture into the night of the forest may be their last.  There isn't anything compelling about the truffle trade or black market either if you're wondering. Even though they do show that process.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    A fascinating glimpse of the lives of elderly truffle hunters in Piedmont. A beautifully crafted and edited documentary.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    One of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. If Vermeer made a movie, it would look like this one. We also loved the characters.
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    The Truffle Hunters is a cozy, lovely documentary about truffle hunting in Northern Italy. It's the type of specific movie in location and subject that is still universal in its themes as it deals with the evils of capitalism as well as humans taking advantage of nature and its resources. The movie is gorgeously shot and particularly effective when focusing on the heartwarming relationships between these villagers and their dogs.
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Anything Italians engage in that is food-related is pure delight and the ultimate affirmation of life itself.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    This film is art. Absolutely joyous but super simple and quiet. A study of humans. I think of Jacques Tati or Francis Ford Coppola, but quieter. Incredible moments and the photography is pure genius. 100%