The whole movie revolves around a retarded farmer who's clearly in love with his pig. As you can imagine, he rails the pig, she gives birth to piglets with a disappointing lack of human-like features (they're just normal piglets) and he attempts to care for them as a "father". There's lots of animal footage - chickens running around and turkey's having sex. Eventually, the farmer starts hanging the piglets, which upsets Mama Pig so much that she drowns herself. The farmer looses his mind entirely and starts jarring, boiling and eating his own feces before killing himself...
So yeah, it's got the 'weirdness' factor and the 'shocking' and 'taboo' elements going for it which I'd say makes it worthy of seeking out if you're into that kinda thing. The shit-eating was the shining moment over the simulated pig fucking, if you ask me. As just an "arthouse" piece, it's got a strangely stimulating 'draw' to it for the most part. However, it does go on MUCH longer than I felt it should have. Perhaps 80 minutes was a bit lengthy for something of this fairly monotone caliber. It got a little tedious around certain points that could've easily have been cut out. Still, while not a total masterpiece, there is a compelling 'tone' to the film in the way it feels almost post-apocalyptic and other-worldly in terms of the landscape and 'one man show' consistency. If you dig strange "art films" and don't mind some boring, overly long bullshit, you should seek out "Vase de Noces". Just don't buy into the hype of it being the "most shocking film ever". Not by a long shot!
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