The Winemaker

Winemaker Matteo lives a comfortable middle-class life with his wife Stefania (Ursina Lardi) and their daughter Laura (Antonia Moretti) in midst the vineyards of South Tyrol. The family is known for their good wine and well respected in the village. One day, Nino Sorrentino (Fabrizio Romagnoli) appears at the vineyard: apparently an old friend of Matteo. But Nino is more than just Matteo’s childhood companion – he is part of Matteo’s dark past in Naples, left behind many years ago. Soon afterwards, a bizarre incident shakes the rural idyll: a young woman named Akua Mbaye (Precious Sanusi), is hit (killed?) by a car on a mountain pass one night. When the doctors remove a bullet from her shoulder, Carabiniere Adrin Erlacher (Harald Windisch) takes over the investigation. Department head Christina Melauer (Melika Foroutan) wants to close the case, but Erlacher sees increasing evidence that the perpetrators might come from the village. The grumpy law enforcement officer investigates on his own, and suddenly winemaker Matteo comes into focus as a suspect.

DIRECTOR: Andreas Prochaska
SCRIPT: Ben Braeunlich, Andreas Prochaska
ACTORS: Tobias Moretti, Antonia Moretti, Ursina Lardi,
Fabrizio Romagnoli, Melika Foroutan, Harald Windisch, Katia Fellin,
Precious Sanusi
CAMERA: Thomas Kiennast
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Hans Jager
COSTUME DESIGN: Elisabeth Fritsche
PRODUCER: Moritz von der Groeben
CO-PRODUCER: Heinrich Ambrosch
LINE PRODUCER: Sascha Schwill, Friedrich Gruner
HEAD OF PRODUCTION: Gabi Lins, Bernhard Schmatz, Peter Schellnast
EDITORIAL STAFF ZDF: Martin R. Neumann, Günther van Endert,
Eva Katharina Klöcker
EDITORIAL STAFF SERVUS TV: Frank Holderied, Robert Feitzinger

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