2023
Kino Lorber
1 h 38 m

2023
Kino Lorber
1 h 38 m

Summary In a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from the nearby cellulose factory, long-deceased Magdalena (Mia Maestro) bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return of Magdalena sends her widowed husband (Alfredo Castro) into turmoil and ...

Drama

Directed By: Francisca Alegria

Written By: Manuela Infante, Fernanda Urrejola, Francisca Alegria

2023
Kino Lorber
1 h 38 m

2023
Kino Lorber
1 h 38 m

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future

Name: The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-05-19
Duration: 1 min 38 s
Rating: 69
Cast: Mía Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, Leonor Varela, Frederique Gudelj

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Francisca Alegria

Written By: Manuela Infante, Fernanda Urrejola, Francisca Alegria

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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
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27% Mixed
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Variety

May 19, 2023

Rather than let its timely concerns be embalmed in didacticism, Alegría has crafted a film about healing generational trauma through new modes of living and experiencing desire — of reshaping the world in a way that feels inclusive and expansive, and which does away with relics of a past that should be left to rot at the bottom of a river.

By Manuel Betancourt FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Mar 30, 2023

Providing many questions and very few answers, Alegría and co-writers Fernanda Urrejole and Manuela Infante make a point to show that life can emerge from death, imploring the audience to stop fixating on the damages done in the past and focus on saving the present and future.

By Rafael Motamayor FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Mar 30, 2023

Solidly grounded, teeming with thought-provoking ideas, wonderfully atmospheric, and often visually striking, this magical realist eco-fable about a dead mother who returns to transform the lives of her dysfunctional family pays the price for its own high ambition and is simply unable to sustain the intensity until the end. But until then, it’s a hypnotic and entrancing ride.

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Movie Nation

May 22, 2023

Maestro and Varela are the soul and heart — respectively — of this film, one giving it a speechless urgency, the other bringing a woman of science’s common sense pathos and rising alarm.

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RogerEbert.com

May 19, 2023

Yes, a mournful song is woven throughout, hence the title. But The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future also requires great patience—it might be too slow of a slow burn—and there’s not much to her characters beyond a few barely sketched traits.

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Little White Lies

Mar 30, 2023

As a folkloric meditation on the relationship between human and environment, mother and child, Alegría’s film has an earthly mystical quality to it, moving through its minimal plot with fluidity and enticement.

By Caitlin Quinlan FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Jun 22, 2023

Ultimately, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future represents one of the sternest examples of sacrificing the heart of a film for the demands of a specific message. Every genuinely compelling moment is forced to become an object of one-dimensional dogma. And all of the film’s latent wonder is sacrificed at the altar of hollow reductionism.

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Production Company Cinémadefacto, Wood Producciones, Match Factory Productions, Dialectic, Jirafa films, Bord Cadre Films, Sovereign Films (II), Das kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF), Whitewater Films

Release Date May 19, 2023

Duration 1 h 38 m

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Awards

Pingyao International Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Miami Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Mía Maestro

Magdalena

Enzo Ferrada Rosati

Tomas

Benjamin Soto

Pablo

Leonor Varela

Cecilia

Frederique Gudelj

Arsenaiera

Laura Del Rio Rios

Alma

Alfredo Castro

Enrique

Marcial Tagle

Bernardo

Camilo Arancibia

Joven Motociclista

Maximiliano Jair

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Javier Navarrete

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Claudio Echeverría

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Adriel Rubio

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Oscar Mena

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José Luis Villalobos

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Francisca Inzunza

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Carol Sandoval

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Daniela Pino

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Leonor

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