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The Cow

The Cow

1969
Drama
1h 44m
Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran away. Masht Hassan is devastated, he starts to spend all his time in the barn, eating hay, and slowly believes that he is the cow. (imdb)
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The Cow

1969
Drama
1h 44m
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Rated 18 Mar 2009
70
75th
This film by Dariush Mehrjui, a graduate of UCLA in cinema and philosophy, broke down the doors for Iranian New Wave Cinema. A simple movie, softly touching, almost sophisticated in its unsophistication, uncommonly frank in its depiction of rural life (think Pather Panchali). The cinematography and music, though likewise simple, are very beautiful.
Rated 29 May 2012
85
81st
The heartbreaking story of one man's undying love for his cow. It sounds silly, but it's a very well done story. It really captures the tragedy of the situation and the portrait of the small town and the villagers' interactions feels very genuine. I love the way it's shot too.
Rated 13 Jan 2011
90
42nd
This movie showed Iran has cinema and good movies are there
Rated 13 Dec 2009
6
95th
Poetic naturalism is present in every moment - some more generous than others. Excellent use of light and darkness.
Rated 21 Dec 2011
87
83rd
Director Mehrjui offers a fundamentally visual portrait of an Iranian village. Each of the primary villagers are full-fledged human beings in all their complexities. Paradoxically, their flaws only seem to make them more compelling, while the camera creates both a sense of community and tension with frequent cuts between villagers. Mehrjui's camera spares no one, each villager a part of the tragedy that unfolds with increasing severity as the film draws to a close.
Rated 02 Feb 2016
81
78th
The village looks real, people seem real and the mad love of Hassan for his cow wants to be real. Rural beauty highlighted with eye-pleasing black and white cinematography and a peculiar plot which with its humbleness doesn't look forced or pretentious.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
85
84th
A man lose his cow and turn, what some would call, "loco". Mehrjui is never afraid of working with melodramatic tools, and the ardent, unyielding humanism behind the images is only strengthened by the "compassionate" music and periodically "worked up" cinematography and editing. The director seems interested in the social life in the little village our miserable hero lives in, but it's the eager depiction of this one person's tragedy that really sticks.
Rated 02 Feb 2021
4
93rd
Brilliant, touching, unnerving, emotional, depressing. Amazing.
Rated 13 Mar 2022
78
56th
02.22 Çiftlik
Rated 15 Jun 2022
90
84th
Even if the death scene of cow disturbs me a lot , i liked the movie much.

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