Fiction short films

FIVE HUNDRED MILLION ANDOUILLE SAUSAGES

Marcel GIBAUD
1960
Version : French
Duration : 12'
Format : 35 mm. - Mpeg4
Black & white
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country France
Music Guy BERNARD
Picture Pierre ANGUISE
With the participation of I.F.A. (Institut Français de l'Andouille)
Prize list Sélectionné au VIII° Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage - Oberhausen - 1962
Archive footage - Factory, workers entering and leaving,
- Shopping street with accordion players,
- Andouille sausage tasters,
- Fast passenger and goods trains,
- Start of a cross-country race for amateur veterans.

Original title : Cinq cents millions d’andouilles

“Any resemblance between this film and an actual documentary is purely coincidental”, say the credits. Is this precaution necessary? To be honest, it seems somewhat superfluous in this film, which looks at the many aspects of the problems posed by the production and consumption of andouille sausages. … The history of andouille since ancient times… A scientific study of modern andouille and the conditions under which the quality label is awarded… The andouille cycle, which starts with the sun, which is essential for grass, which is in turn necessary for the pig that sustains the pork butcher on whom the consumer depends… The social importance of andouille in today’s world… It is to be hoped that viewers will share the author’s conclusions about the future of this edible product.