Cow (HKIFF46)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
28 Aug 2022 (Sun)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
98 Minutes
Language
English
Subtitle
English
Director
Andrea Arnold
Cast
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Synopsis
A penetrating ode to farmyard motherhood akin to Viktor Kossakovsky’s Gunda (45th), Andrea Arnold’s (Wuthering Heights, 36th) powerful documentary takes us into the daily life of dairy cows. Getting up close and personal with Luma, as she gives birth to calves only to be manhandled into a steel milking brace, the camera comes eye to eye with this pathetic creature, exploring and confronting the harsh reality she faces under human control. Eschewing narration, its quiet yet profound observational approach calls for rumination on the joy and pain of life other than our own.
A penetrating ode to farmyard motherhood akin to Viktor Kossakovsky’s Gunda (45th), Andrea Arnold’s (Wuthering Heights, 36th) powerful documentary takes us into the daily life of dairy cows. Getting up close and personal with Luma, as she gives birth to calves only to be manhandled into a steel milking brace, the camera comes eye to eye with this pathetic creature, exploring and confronting the harsh reality she faces under human control. Eschewing narration, its quiet yet profound observational approach calls for rumination on the joy and pain of life other than our own.
