Horror Short Film 'Death and the Winemaker' | ALTER

A young winemaker captures Death in a barrel, ignoring the consequences on the natural order of things.

"Death And The Winemaker (Le Vigneron et la Mort)" by Victor Jaquier

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More About "Death and the Winemaker":
A young winemaker creates a wine so exquisite, that even Death demands to taste it. As he learns the awful truth about his bride’s fate, he captures Death in a barrel, ignoring the consequences on the natural order of things.

"Death and the Winemaker" Credits:
CAST:
Kacey Mottet Klein as The Winemaker
Virginie Meisterhans as Death
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Mathilde’s Father
Jacques Roman as The Aged Winemaker
Séverine Bujard as Aged Mathilde
Stéphanie Schneider as The Little Girl
Marie-Claire Dubois as Young Mathilde

CREW:
Written and directed by Victor Jaquier
Produced by Arnaud S. Gantenbein
Music by Kevin Queille
Assistant Director Jonas Haider
Foley Artist and Sound Editor Jean-Noël Yven
Animators: Jonas Haider, Borja Montoro, Manuel Galiana, Sunshine Burri, Ylmaz Spyczak, Igor Neïman, Valérie Juillard, Vladimir Meylan, Jordi Murillo, Babak Arjmand, Reyhaneh Mirhashemi, Siavash Hashemzadeh, Ali Honarpour,
Ronaldo Canfora, Nathaniel Cruz, Santiago Velez, Olivia Pellicer, Wilson Henrique Vesco, Carlos Yury

Clean-up artists: Igor Neïman, Mahshad Sanati, Tatyana Onyushkina, Guy Shimron, Federica Franceschini, Pedram Taghavi, Josua Rival, Line Skroeder, Stefani Kuon, Leonardo Gangini

Storyboard : Emilie sengelin
Background artist: Victor Jaquier
Compositing: Aurélien Malagoli
Compositing Assistant: Nathan Hamrani
Colorization Assistant: Elodie Anglade
Colorist: Thibaud Maury
Editing Assistant: Pascal Millet Rivero
Written by Victor jaquier
Based on the Swiss Traditional Tale Le Vigneron et la mort
Dialogue Writer: Damien Mazza
Voice Casting By Anne thorens
Music by Kevin Queille
Orchestration: Jay-Alan Miller
Violin: Eléonore Giroud
Alto: Déborah Sauboua
Cello: Fanny Balestro
Recording: Studio du Flon / Victor Colelough
Celtic Harp: Alessia Lepori
Lyrical Singer: Olivia Peccoud
Recording: White Room Studio / Kevin Queille
Strings Ensemble: FAME'S Orchestra
Conducted by: Oleg Kondratenko
Recording: FAME’S recording stage / Aude Nassieu-Maupas

IMAGINASTUDIO
Producer: Arnaud S. Gantenbein
Executive Producer: Pascal Forney
Production Assistant: Théo Donatantonio
Legal Advisor: Julien RouVinez | kellerhals carrard
accounting: sebastien musy
Crowdfunding Coordination: romain christinaz
Making Of: julia reyne, fabian goupil

A co-production with
La radio télévision suisse (RTS) unité fiction | Izabela Rieben
With the participation of
l'Office fédéral de la culture (OFC), Cinéforom , Loterie Romande,
la Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux
and the generous support of Bérengère Primat
LES VINS DU VALAIS

Internship supported by
STAGE POOL FOCAL / Fondation Ernst Göhner

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[jaxofspades]

I love how, after being freed and the winemaker is old and decrepit, Death still calls him ‘young winemaker’. She is reminding him just how small his life is, compared to how long she has existed

[victorjaquier]

Hi everyone, i'm the writer/director of Death and the Winemaker. Many thanks to everyone that has taken the time to watch and comment! I've been working for years on this film so this means a lot. I also want to thank all the cast & crew 🖤 that helped me to reimagine this traditional Swiss tale (where the movie was produced) Feel free to ask any questions! Hope you enjoy the movie! ✨ (and if you like it please share the link around!)

[midgerm]

ya gotta respect him in a way though, his lover said she was tired of living and WANTED to die, so he went and granted her request, he didnt force her to stay any longer

[kreaturs]

I love that the artist chose to hollow out Death's abodomen to depict the lack of a womb and therefore the absensce of life. Such an awesome gory detail that just adds to the overall eeriness of the character!

[stuartspiker]

I like stories like this, like Death is not evil or good, but a necessary event. The ones who try to cheat or control death are normally punished by not being allowed to die. Which seems good at first, but not in the long run.

[overkillkiller]

The part where he tricked her into becoming small sent shivers through my spine, as i realized what he was doing and the consequences of it. This was a great short film.

[vicenteisaaclopezvaldez]

The depiction of death in this one is amazing, a quiet, soft, humble visage that still towers over humanity, free from pretention. A ghastly portrayal for a force of nature.

[LeastInsaneUtsu-PFan]

I love Deaths voice. It is so soothing and yet so unsettling. She speaks like someone of great importance and grace, but you are also horrified with both her physical appearance of an emaciated woman, as well as her role as Death. And her lack of reproductive organs solidifies that she is the absence of life- that is, life before birth. Beautiful story.

[rhexieleelafuente]

When Death started taking everyone's life, I initially thought it was because the people who weren't supposed to exist existed, like the winemaker's offsprings since Death was supposed to take his lover when he met her. I thought Death was not drunk with rage but she's only putting everyone in their place. But when the Winemaker said so, it was also a good way of saying that every action will always have consequences.

[fossa]

The visuals near the end of death looming over the city were incredible

[Ozarka]

I was expecting to be frightened.
But honestly, I was just in tears by the end. This isn't a horror story. It's a tragedy...

[sysghost]

Death was never really trapped in the barrel. Just look how death obliterated the barrel itself as if the plug itself made no difference.
Maybe Death just played along to show the winemaker the terrible price of what he thought he did.

[emeraldtabbycat]

Death is not the enemy. But a friend who comes to free you from a life you are no longer able to suffer.

[teamleader]

11:10-11:56
Everything about this scene is so cinematic!

First, it feels like each event marks a chapter in the Winemaker and the wife's lives. From their wedding to starting a family all the way down to growing old together, each memory is a milestone.

Second, the way the camera pans out to each picture, it feels as though "framing" how one's youth seems distant the longer you live. To remember earlier memories is like discerning a painting within a photo within a picture.

Lastly, there's how the clock book-ends the good times, as though reminding the viewer and the Winemaker that even though he stopped death, he could not stop time from marching on.

[ryanteng]

I love how Death flexes how powerful she is to him and his response was to trap her in a wooden barrel.

[rmraines]

I'm speechless—this is such a well-done film: the story is magnificent; the animation is smooth; and the historical side of the Black Death is such an amazing twist!

[brimstoneclub]

I ove how the film subtlely describe's Death's true role as balance. The winemaker's wife was supposed to die, but she had children. That is imbalance. When the winemaker says "she came for all, whether it was their time or not" might have been a refernce to his children who were not supposed to exist.

[Crafted_DreamScapes]

I have to say, I really love how Death presented herself from the rats ... Which we all know rats carried the fleas that carried the Bubonic Plague.

All the little details that snap together, including the lack of the womb in Death, very well done!

[returnofthegoth]

This is beautiful. Wonderful animation and art design, wonderful direction, soulful acting, soaring score, timeless tale. This may be the most beautiful short I have ever seen, on this channel or otherwise.

[concept]

1:32 I like how behind his cold stoicism, the Plaguedoctor is barely holding it together and staying strong for the girl.