LES
SAISONS
OBSTINÉES
Obstinate Seasons – 2026
92mn- Documentary
Directed by Gail Malbete
Produced and initiated by Sylvain Taillefer
SOIL.
CLIMATE.
WORK HABITS.
How can one continue to make demanding,
uncompromising wine in a time of climate uncertainty?
This is the question Romain Paire, a winemaker from father to son, asks himself every day as he practices his craft in the volcanic Loire.
What hidden work lies behind a label? What does it mean to make wine today? What are the contemporary challenges of a practice that carries the culture of a place and a living heritage, in an era of profound change?
Beyond clichés and postcard images, Obstinate Seasons is an immersive and musical film that follows Romain and his team over the course of a year, through four key moments in the life cycle of the vine and the process of winemaking.
A portrait emerges—
one shaped by invisible labor, passion, uncertainty, and resilience.
Even more than that: obstinacy.
The film stands as a visual and musical tribute to the moving and powerful energy of women and men brought together by commitment.
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