SOMM (2013)

Original title

Somm

Directed by

Jason Wise

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

18A

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Somm follows several candidates as they study for one of the hardest tests in the world, the Master Sommelier exam. The film shows their intense preparation and the high stakes of the wine certification process.

competitivefocusedtenseeducationalnerdyadmiringpressure-filledobsessive

What happens

Somm is a 2012 American documentary following the attempts of four candidates to pass the extremely difficult Master Sommelier examination, a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world. Directed by Jason Wise, a sequel, Somm: Into the Bottle, was released in 2015 and a third film, Somm 3, came out in October 2018. A TV series based on the movie launched on the Esquire Network in November 2015. In 2019, SOMM TV was launched by creator Jason Wise with original shows. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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