The Pig
Director Jean Eustache, Jean-Michel Barjol
Countries France
Duration 50 min
Synopsis
Shot in a single day, "The Pig" documents the process by which a pig is slaughtered and converted into sausage. Yet the film is neither a gruesome exposé nor an exercise in detached journalism; instead, Eustache offers an appreciation of the farmers’ work and a document of their simple way of life. In many ways, The Pig is his most beautiful work.
Shot in a single day, "The Pig" documents the process by which a pig is slaughtered and converted into sausage. Yet the film is neither a gruesome exposé nor an exercise in detached journalism; instead, Eustache offers an appreciation of the farmers’ work and a document of their simple way of life. In many ways, The Pig is his most beautiful work.