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The Cow (1989)

Nov 08, 1989 Animation, Drama 0h 10m
User Score
70%
40 votes
Internet Movie Database
74%

Overview

A boy recalls the story of how his family lost its cow. Based on a short story by Andrei Platonov.

Aleksandr Petrov
Director

Top Billed Cast

Nikolai Gusarov
Nikolai Gusarov
Lyubov Teplova
Lyubov Teplova
Kostya Panov
Kostya Panov

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on April 7, 2024

Aleksandr Petrov again works wonders with his animating skills and his imagination. A young boy narrates to us the story of his life with the family's cow. They are a poor family, living hand to mouth and the animal is their lifeline. It provides the milk, it pulls the plough and when it has a calf, that is sold to put food on the table. The young lad's affection for the beast is palpable and the story unfolds we see how crucial it has been in his growing up - providing an element of stability through the times of uncertainty. There is something a little Dickensian about the style of drawing here, the brush-strokes giving it a grainy and earthy, authentic, look that reflects powerfully the basic subsistence lifestyle his family led, more probably endured. Much of this could be a collection...

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