Region 4 Winners and Losers

  Aside from this Region 4 release it appears The Secret of the Grain has been released on DVD in Region 2 France and Region 2 UK. The Region 2 release in the UK contains an interview with the director of approximately 24 minutes in length.

It is worth noting that in the UK the film was retitled "Couscous". The Secret of the Grain is, of course, not a literal translation of La Graine et la Mulet. My research suggests that the film title directly translates as the grain and a mule (with the pun on mullet for the fish). Apparently the title stems from an allegorical story about a farmer who, to save money, deprives his mule of one less grain per day. There are no apparent disadvantages until the mule drops dead!

Those who are very keen on the film may wish to purchase the Region 2 UK version however I would suspect that the Region 4 edition will be satisfactory for most.