Vase de noces / The Wedding Trough (Thierry ZÃ©no, 1974)

GaryC · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:09 pm

Directed by Thierry Zeno, this no-dialogue, one-actor, black and white film is of some notoriety - banned in Australia and (if memory serves) UK customs tried to prevent its entering the country for a film festival showing in the 1970s. Has anyone seen it?

It's now available on DVD in Sweden, under the title Svinet.

Cold Bishop · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:17 pm

Isn't this the Pig Fucking Movie?

der_Artur · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 4:33 am

Yes, it's the Pig Fucking Movie.

A DVD will be available from Germany, too. A long Interview (72Min.) with the director will be a bonus. I'll post again as soon as I know where you can buy it the cheapest, if you have to ship it to a location outside of Germany.

eltopo · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:33 am

Germany DVD:

RodneyOz · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:54 am

That looks like a good set there. And it's going to be easier to get past Customs than a grey market jewel case saying 'The Pig Fucking Movie'.

jesus the mexican boi · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 2:38 pm

So is it really 79 minutes of pig-fucking or 76 minutes of foreplay?

ouatitw · **Joined:** Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:13 am

they really did go all out for a this film.

Barmy · **Joined:** Mon May 16, 2005 3:59 pm

Is the pig a man or a woman?

RodneyOz · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:54 am

The pig is female. Which is how it can

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give birth to human-pig piglettes

afterwards (seriously, this is what happens).

It really isn't a movie about pig fucking, though for SOME strange reason that's what sticks in people's head :roll:

There's a lot more to it, and I'm glad that this set seems to be putting it into a context beyond the pig fucking metaphor.

Murdoch · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 11:38 pm

RodneyOz wrote:

The pig is female. Which is how it can

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give birth to mutant human-pig hybrid piglettes

afterwards (seriously, this is what happens).

This just jumped up to my must-watch list, although sitting through a guy sexing up a pig may be too much for even me.

der_Artur · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 6:21 am

I have never seen it, but had the opportunity to read the texts in the booklet and the subtitles for the interview. The movie seems to be a very bleak vision of an existence reduced to the most basic needs and rituals. While reading the texts I always had Cipri i Maresco in mind and am looking forward to prove if the movie really holds up to this high expectation.

FerdinandGriffon · **Joined:** Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:16 am

golgothicon wrote:

I'll post again as soon as I know where you can buy it the cheapest, if you have to ship it to a location outside of Germany.

This information (shipping to the US) would be much appreciated, if you have a chance.

der_Artur · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:26 pm

I posted some screencaps in the designated thread.
Some short notes to de-mystify this film:

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The "pig fucking" takes ca. 1min and 10sec, the newborns look like normal pigs.

The Film is mainly about strange rituals in the life of a strange person, and not about sodomy.

sharunasbresson · **Joined:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:43 am

Regarding this movie Rituals is the key words together with taboo.

It's an exploration of human taboo conducted in a way that is at the same time lyrical, literal and metaphorical.

Pasolini comes to mind. Teorema, Porcile and Medea especially.

Thierry Zeno is ananthropologist with a camera.

All his films are really challenging. unfortunately the fucking pig reference is what sticks in people mind.

I would really like to be able again to watch his beautiful (yet disturbing) film Les Morts about inhumation and burial rituals all over the world.

Vase de noces / The Wedding Trough (Thierry ZÃ©no, 1974)

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