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The Cow

Original title: Gaav
  • 19691969
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
7.5K
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Ezzatolah Entezami in The Cow (1969)
Drama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
7.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Dariush Mehrjui
  • Writers
    • Dariush Mehrjui
    • Gholam-Hossein Saedi(play)
  • Stars
    • Ezzatolah Entezami
    • Mahin Shahabi
    • Ali Nasirian
  • Director
    • Dariush Mehrjui
  • Writers
    • Dariush Mehrjui
    • Gholam-Hossein Saedi(play)
  • Stars
    • Ezzatolah Entezami
    • Mahin Shahabi
    • Ali Nasirian
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Ezzatolah Entezami
    Ezzatolah Entezami
    • Masht Hassan
    Mahin Shahabi
    Mahin Shahabi
    • Hassans wife
    Ali Nasirian
    Ali Nasirian
    • Islam
    • (as Ali Nassirian)
    Jamshid Mashayekhi
    Jamshid Mashayekhi
    • Abbas
    Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
    Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
    Jafar Vali
    Jafar Vali
    • Kadkhoda
    Khosrow Shojazadeh
    • Boy
    Ezzatollah Ramazanifar
    Ezzatollah Ramazanifar
    • Madman
    Esmat Safavi
    • Old woman
    Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
    Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
    Parviz Fanizadeh
    Parviz Fanizadeh
    Mahtaj Nojoomi
    • Director
      • Dariush Mehrjui
    • Writers
      • Dariush Mehrjui
      • Gholam-Hossein Saedi(play)
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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.
    • Quotes

      Masht Hassan: I'm not Hassan. I'm his cow.

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinema Iran (2005)

    User reviews19

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    2/10
    Interesting idea, but...
    Very primitive. Villagers don't speak, they take turns, as if on cue, to SHOUT their lines at the top of their lungs, and in a pronounced Tehrani accent at that. The incessant SHOUTING gets annoying real fast.

    What makes things worse is that the sound level is the same regardless of the actors' distances from the scene. Someone shouting from the top of a roof several houses away is as loud as someone standing next to you. If you don't look at the screen, you will get the feeling that all actors are standing around a single microphone and shouting into it.

    This could have been a much better movie in the hands of a more experienced director and crew but as it is, I couldn't stand it. Fast-forwarded through.
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    • Dec 30, 2008

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    • Release date
      • December 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official sites
      • IMVBox.com
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Die Kuh
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Iranian Ministry of Culture
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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