>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 [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]