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The Truffle Hunters (2020)
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84 minutes. Older Italian hunters and their dogs search for truffles in a world whose quiet routines coexist with a lucrative market. Carefully composed scenes make friendship, secrecy and bargaining unexpectedly funny. Its modest span leaves a distinct community and its changing pressures in view, with affection that comes through observing how the people work together.
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About The Truffle Hunters
In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.