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Cows

  • Cows. Photo courtesy of the Spanish Film Archive

    Cows. Photo courtesy of the Spanish Film Archive

  

Category

Feature film

Original title

Vacas

Year

1992

Director

Julio Medem

With this original and surprising debut, director Julio Medem secured awards and critical acclaim. 
 

Through three generations, the relationship between two families in Guipúzcoa have been marked by hate and violence. The story begins in 1875, during the Carlist war, when an Aizkolari (Basque trunk cutter) saves his own life by feigning to be dead. When he escapes from the cart transporting cadavers, he comes face to face with an enormous cow, which has a strange effect on him, becoming a lifelong obsession.

 

Technical specifications

Screenplay
Julio Medem, Michel Gaztambide

Actors
Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ana Torrent, Karra Elejalde, Miguel Ángel García, Pilar Bardem

Photography
Carles Gusi

Music
Alberto Iglesias

Format
Colour

Duration
96 minutes

Awards
Grand Gold Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival 1992

  

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