Du côté d’Orouët (Near Orouët/The Beaches of Orouët). Jacques Rozier, 1969.
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Edition screened: Included in Potemkine DVD box set Jacques Rozier, released 2008. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 154 minutes.
Summary: Mistreatment and butchering of eels.
1) A tub of eels is spilled on a floor, then grappled and chased around a house, 1:05:40-1:09:35.
2) A Conger eel (a very large eel with a disconcertingly happy smile) is brought back dead and hanging from a cord, 1:51:50-1:52:42. It is cleaned for cooking 1:56:42-1:57:25.
A delightful viewing experience that makes you feel like you had a three-week vacation on the French coast with three giggly girls. Please do not be put off by eel sequences. There is no harm or injury in the first scene mentioned, just a lot of girly screaming and grappling. The cleaning and cooking scenes are averagely graphic, not exceptionally. Just skip them if you want, but enjoy the experience of this film!