Dir. ANDREA ARNOLD
2021 | 94 mins | UK

SHOWING TIMES:

• Sat 22 Jan: 3.35pm
• Sun 23 Jan: 4pm
• Mon 24 Jan: 8pm
• Tue 25 Jan: 2pm
• Wed 26 Jan: 5.40pm
• Thu 27 Jan: 3.30pm

Andrea Arnold (American Honey) takes you on a seemingly simple, yet radical journey, offering an insight into the life of a dairy cow.

This mesmerising documentary gets down and dirty with Luma, a cow on a working dairy farm. Shot with a hand-held camera and at the animal’s eye-level, we stay as close to her as possible. Much like GUNDA (screened in Studio 74 in 2021) there is no voice over just great cinematic flair.

Cow is an immersive experience; from birth, rearing, intensive milking sessions, an all too brief grazing period and, eventually, the inevitable, dreaded end. All captured by Arnold’s deeply empathetic and unwavering gaze. And throughout the film are Luma’s watchful eyes, often looking directly at us. Experiencing the world from Luma’s perspective cannot help but raise questions about our relationship to the natural world and what we take from it.

Contains scenes viewers may find distressing.

PRESS

• ★★★★ “Unflinching and empathetic” – The Guardian
• “Pure cinema” – IndieWire
• “Vital and groundbreaking” – The Wrap
• “Arnold has found… her latest wild creative longing to be free” – Screen
• ★★★★ “A documentary like no other and a celebrated return for Arnold” – The Upcoming
• ★★★★ – Total Film
• ★★★★ – Little White Lies
• ★★★★ – Time Out

TRIPLE F-RATED:

Directed by a woman, written by a woman and starring a significant woman.

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VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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