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The Cow (1969)
Gaav (original title)

105 min  -  Drama  -   December 1974 (USA)
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The whole village knows that Mashti Hassan loves his cow to death. One day he goes to the Tehran. His cow dies. The villagers are afraid of what might happen once Hassan finds out his cow is dead. What will happen when he finds out?

Director:

Dariush Mehrjui

Writers:

Dariush Mehrjui, Gholam-Hossein Saedi (play)

Stars:

Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nassirian and Jamshid Mashayekhi
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Cast

Credited cast:
Ezzatolah Entezami Ezzatolah Entezami ...
Masht Hassan
Ali Nassirian Ali Nassirian ...
Islam
Jamshid Mashayekhi Jamshid Mashayekhi ...
Abbas
Khosrow Shojazadeh Khosrow Shojazadeh ...
Boy
Jafar Vali Jafar Vali ...
Kadkhoda
Ezatallah Ramezanifar Ezatallah Ramezanifar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Parviz Fanizadeh Parviz Fanizadeh
Esmat Safavi Esmat Safavi
Mahin Shahabi Mahin Shahabi
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Storyline

Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran away. Masht Hassan is devastated, he starts to spend all his time in the barn, eating hay, and slowly believes that he is the cow. Written by Sam Tabibnia <samtab@uclink.berkeley.edu>  

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Cow | Village | Animal Death | One Word Title | Controversy  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian

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Also Known As:

Lehmä See more »

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Production Co:

Iranian Ministry of Culture See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White
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Trivia

Financed largely by the Shah's government, the producers were aghast at the finished film as they felt that it made Iran look like it was a completely backwards country. The film was only allowed to be released with a disclaimer attached stating that the events depicted happened long before the then existing regime. See more »

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Featured in Cinema Iran (2005) See more »