The cow

  • 86'
  • Czech Republic
  • 1993
Television film about the adventure that can even ambush the most everyday life. Young Adam is a loner growing up in a small village early this century. He is the son of an unmarried woman with a 'dubious reputation', as that is called. He is very young, but he has fought all his life against his tragic fate. His cow is his most important possession; apart from that he is destitute. But with a cow you can survive. He meets a girl who also has a checkered past and out of necessity has a relationship with her.The relationship develops into a loving one and the film then turns into a reflection on the meaning of human life, dependence on nature and love, and about people's will to lead an apparently senseless life.Krava is a realistic and stylistically pure drama with poetic undertones and a great feeling for couleur locale.
  • 86'
  • Czech Republic
  • 1993
Director
Karel Kachyna
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Czech Republic
Year
1993
Festival Edition
IFFR 1994
Length
86'
Medium
35mm
International title
Kráva
Language
Czech
Screenplay
Karel Kachyna
Director
Karel Kachyna
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Czech Republic
Year
1993
Festival Edition
IFFR 1994
Length
86'
Medium
35mm
International title
Kráva
Language
Czech
Screenplay
Karel Kachyna