Dariush Mehrjui
Director
The Cow (1969)
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: imdb.peasantry, imdb.stable, imdb.deeply-disturbed-person, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.censored, imdb.banned, imdb.iran + 30 more, imdb.downward-spiral, imdb.cow, imdb.village, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.peasant, imdb.government, imdb.schizophrenia, imdb.insanity, imdb.persian, imdb.controversy, imdb.mentally-ill-person, imdb.offscreen-murder, imdb.bipolar, imdb.love, imdb.iranian, imdb.death-of-a-animal, imdb.man-believes-he-is-a-cow, imdb.based-on-a-stage-play, imdb.death-of-a-cow, imdb.barn, imdb.livestock, imdb.man-loves-an-animal, imdb.man-loves-a-cow, imdb.fear, imdb.return-home, imdb.man-eats-hay, aspectratio.1-37-1, imdb.animal-in-title, imdb.two-word-title, awards.festival-venice-winner
Production Companies: Central Film Office of the Iranian Ministry of Culture
Recommendations
105 min
Jan. 21, 1969
Released
NR / 11+