The Cow (1969)
(Gav)
Country: IR
Technical: bw 101m
Director: Daryush Mehrjui
Cast: Ezat Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Synopsis:
A man who owns the only cow in the village is so distraught by its loss that he takes on the animal's identity.
Review:
This key film in the Iranian national cinema movement speaks to deeply rooted traditional structures within the country's society, such as status in property, superstition and paranoia, with women reduced to roles of subservience. As can be seen from Farhadi's film, The Salesman, it is still taught in Iranian schools. Of itself it is neo-realist in style, with long takes and naturalistic performances.
(Gav)
Country: IR
Technical: bw 101m
Director: Daryush Mehrjui
Cast: Ezat Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Synopsis:
A man who owns the only cow in the village is so distraught by its loss that he takes on the animal's identity.
Review:
This key film in the Iranian national cinema movement speaks to deeply rooted traditional structures within the country's society, such as status in property, superstition and paranoia, with women reduced to roles of subservience. As can be seen from Farhadi's film, The Salesman, it is still taught in Iranian schools. Of itself it is neo-realist in style, with long takes and naturalistic performances.
(Gav)
Country: IR
Technical: bw 101m
Director: Daryush Mehrjui
Cast: Ezat Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi
Synopsis:
A man who owns the only cow in the village is so distraught by its loss that he takes on the animal's identity.
Review:
This key film in the Iranian national cinema movement speaks to deeply rooted traditional structures within the country's society, such as status in property, superstition and paranoia, with women reduced to roles of subservience. As can be seen from Farhadi's film, The Salesman, it is still taught in Iranian schools. Of itself it is neo-realist in style, with long takes and naturalistic performances.