Summary
In the French countryside it's the day for peasants to kill a big fat pig. The slaughter goes on for a great part of the day as they work to store 140kg worth of meat.
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Audiences 71GoodWatch 67
Letterboxd · 717 ratings3.6/5
IMDb6.8
Running time
50 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −46 min on the typical 96
typical 9650Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1975
February 26, 1975
51 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
OccitanMade in
France
Directing · 2
- Jean Eustache Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Jean-Michel Barjol Director
Production · 2
- Françoise Lebrun Producer
- Luc Moullet Producer
Camera · 2
- Renan Pollès Director of Photography
- Philippe Théaudière Director of Photography
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