The Big Cheese

The Big Cheese

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MOOOOOVEMENT?

A cheesemonger is like a sommelier for cheese. In America, it’s often an unappreciated job, but Adam “Mr. Moo” Moskowitz hopes to change that. He coaches a U.S. team to compete at the Mondial du Fromage – the “Olympics of Cheese” – where they’ve never won. The film follows these underdogs through cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese as they train for the ultimate competition.

The feature debut of Emmy-nominated producer Sara Joe Wolansky, a former senior video producer at The New Yorker, the film has all the beats of a great sports documentary. It won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival and Best Feature Documentary at the Beloit International Film Festival, took Best Director for Wolansky at the Phoenix Film Festival, and was runner-up for the Audience Award at DOC NYC. The New York Times called it “a satisfyingly tender story,” and Forward described its lead as “equal parts Tevye the dairyman, George S. Patton and the Beastie Boys.”

Languages: English and French. During French dialogue, English subtitles are burned into the film and cannot be turned off. English closed captions available

The Big Cheese