I’m on the train from Rennes to Marseille and I just watched Ce qui nous lie (“Back to Burgundy” in English) - a movie about two brothers and a sister in their 20s and 30s who must manage their vineyard estate following the death of their father. From CĂ©dric Klapisch.

A bit trite at times but I enjoyed it.

Beautiful scenes of the vines and the process of making wine. And some interesting themes about people’s relationship to nature and “la terre” (the land) as well as about the complexity of managing family inheritance and relationships.

« On croit que la terre nous appartient… mais Ă  force de s’en occuper, on rĂ©alise qu’on lui appartient un peu aussi. »

We think the earth belongs to us… but the more we take care of it, the more we realize that, in a way, we belong to it too.

« VoilĂ , c’Ă©tait ça, notre hĂ©ritage. Aucun de nous trois n’avait vraiment d’argent et pourtant, tous les trois, on se retrouvait avec des problèmes de riches. »

So that was it, our inheritance. None of us really had any money, and yet all three of us ended up with rich people’s problems.

« L’amour c’est comme le vin : faut du temps. Faut que ça fermente. Le temps, c’est pas que du pourrissement. » Ha!

Love is like wine: it takes time. It needs to ferment. Time isn’t just about decay.