>There's a scene toward the end of Agnes Varda's _Vagabond_ in which Mona
>wanders into a village full of mud and shrub-clad men chasing inhabitants,
>soaking in mudbaths, and mauling passersby in mud-splattered glee. Just what is
>going on here--some sort of village folk ritual of the mud season?
>
>Thanks,
>Lynda Goldstein
 
It's not mud, it's wine.  The area in the south of France where the film
was shot is well-known for its wines; this is probably a local festival
having to do with that.
 
Kristine J. Butler
Department of French and Italian
University of Minnesota
260 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0122
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