剧情：WhenDanielEdelstyndiscoveredhisgrandmother'sjournalsintheatticofhisfamilyhome,hewasinspired.BornintoawealthyandprivilegedJewishfamilyintheUkraine,MaroussiaZorokovichwasawriter,dancerandpainterbeforetheBolshevikrevolutionrewroteherdestiny,andtheirresistibleromanceofherlifetookapowerfulgriponEdelstyn.Delvingintohisfamily... (展开全部) WhenDanielEdelstyndiscoveredhisgrandmother'sjournalsintheatticofhisfamilyhome,hewasinspired.BornintoawealthyandprivilegedJewishfamilyintheUkraine,MaroussiaZorokovichwasawriter,dancerandpainterbeforetheBolshevikrevolutionrewroteherdestiny,andtheirresistibleromanceofherlifetookapowerfulgriponEdelstyn.Delvingintohisfamily... WhenDanielEdelstyndiscoveredhisgrandmother'sjournalsintheatticofhisfamilyhome,hewasinspired.BornintoawealthyandprivilegedJewishfamilyintheUkraine,MaroussiaZorokovichwasawriter,dancerandpainterbeforetheBolshevikrevolutionrewroteherdestiny,andtheirresistibleromanceofherlifetookapowerfulgriponEdelstyn.Delvingintohisfamilyhistory,hetravelstothecountryofhisforebears,and,inthedepressedvillageofDubouviazovkawherehisgreatgrandfather'sestatewassituated,hediscoversavodkadistilleryhisancestorsonceowned.Edelstynhasthenotionthathecouldbestservehisfamily'slegacybyre-brandingthevodkamadethereinthehopeofrevivingthevillage'sprosperity.HowtoRe-EstablishaVodkaEmpireisadizzyingmeshofstoriesandtechniquesthatambitiouslycombinesadocumentaryaboutenteringthealcoholindustry,aninvestigationofonefamily'shistoryandarecreationofkeyhistoricaleventsofthe20thcentury.It'ssincere,charmingandinventivefilmmaking,withEdelstynhimselfatitscentre,amanstrivingtodefinewhathisroleinallthisis,flittingbetweengenealogist,storytellerandbusinessman. MichaelHayden LondonFilmFestival