The Cow
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The Cow is a landmark 1969 Iranian drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui that is widely credited with helping launch the Iranian New Wave.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian New Wave film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | FIPRESCI Prize at Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Cow (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Gholam-Hossein Saedi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| censorshipStatusInIran | initially banned then later released ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Fereydun Ghovanlou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by international critics ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | classic of Iranian cinema ⓘ |
| director | Dariush Mehrjui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | screened internationally at film festivals ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dariush Mehrjui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Venice International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | considered one of the most important films in Iranian film history ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Iranian New Wave filmmakers ⓘ |
| language | Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Ezzatolah Entezami as Masht Hassan ⓘ |
| movement | Iranian New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hormoz Farhat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping launch the Iranian New Wave
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portrayal of rural Iranian life ⓘ psychological character study ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Gāv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A villager becomes mentally unstable after the death of his beloved cow and begins to believe he is the cow. ⓘ |
| producer | Dariush Mehrjui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dariush Mehrjui
NERFINISHED
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Gholam-Hossein Saedi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Iranian village ⓘ |
| starring |
Ali Nassirian
NERFINISHED
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Ezzatolah Entezami NERFINISHED ⓘ Jafar Vali NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamshid Mashayekhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
human–animal relationship
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identity ⓘ loss ⓘ madness ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ |
| title | The Cow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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