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Bookmark this pageThe Cow (1993)
Director: Karel Kachyna
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From Time Out Film Guide
Or, 'I'm leading my cow down the hill to market again.' This spartan fable (from a story by Jan Prochazka) sees a simple Adam weather life's chequered offerings from his isolated hilltop cabin. His mother dies (just when he's sold the cow for medicine); he overcomes tormenting memories of her cavortings and shacks up with the butcher's daughter; they work hard, mostly, and save for another cow. Despite period clumsiness, the disingenuous mood is eventually established. Complexity of thought or feeling isn't on the agenda, but the film has some coherence simply as an illustration of pastoral austerity and perpetual struggle.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Karel Kachyna
Producer: Helena Sykorová, Karel Skorpik
Cast: Radek Holub, Alena Mihulová, Valerie Zawadská, Viktorie Knotková, Antonin Molcik, Alice Dvoraková, Zdenek Dusek, Frantisek Peterka, Vlastimil Zavrel, Vaclav Helsus full cast
Duration: 86 mins
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