Women With Cows
(Kokvinnorna)
Year: 2011
Country:
SWEDEN
Language:
Swedish
Run Time:
96 minutes
The Swedish countryside is serene. Midsummer light dances across meadows; thick snowflakes fall silently on trees. A steadfast presence in the passing of time are two aging WOMEN WITH COWS. Britt is nearly 80 and has been working the family dairy farm her entire life. Despite her inability to care for herself—she walks completely doubled over and looks homeless, with matted hair—she milks her dozen beauties every day by hand. Younger sister Inger's opinion of the bovine species is diametrically opposed to Britt's and she pleads with her to sell them off. Grumbling constantly, Inger nonetheless comes every day to help her disabled sister do the heavy work on the dilapidated farm. Through lovely home movies, we learn that Inger married long ago and moved down the road to have a life and family. The sisters' father insisted then that Britt stay on and help him. It is now 50 years later, she hasn't left the barn. This is a beautiful, ruminative film about family loyalty beyond reason. (In Swedish with subtitles) – B.B.
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Sidebars
Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary Film Competition
Women Of The World
Screenplay
Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Director
Peter Gerdehag
Filmography
"The Horseman" (2006), WOMEN WITH COWS (2011)
Producer
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou
Cinematography
Mathieu Vadepied
Editing
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
Principal Cast
François Cluzet, Omar Sy
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