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La vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro = The cow who sang a song into the future / Cinéma Defacto & Wood Producciones presentan ; en coproducción con Jirafa Films, Match Factory Productions, ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel ; en asociación con Dialectic, Persona Entertainment, Whitewater Films, Bord Cadre films, Sovereign Films, The Match Factory ; dirigida por Francisca Alegría ; escrita por Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Manuela Infante ; producida por Tom Dercourt, Alejandra García.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K26328 | Kino LorberLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2023]Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Cow who sang a song into the future
Uniform titles:
  • Vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Inti Briones ; editors, Andrea Chignoli, Carlos Ruiz-Tagle ; music, Pierre Desprats.
Cast: Leonor Varela, Mia Maestro, Alfredo Castro, Marcial Tagle, Luis Dubó, Enzo Ferrada, María Velasquez, Laura del Río.Summary: A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegría's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her widowed husband into turmoil and prompts their daughter Cecilia to return home to the family's dairy farm with her children. Magdalena's presence reverberates among her family, instigating fits of laughter and despair in equal measure with all but Cecilia's eldest child, who finds much-needed comfort in their grandmother's love and unconditional understanding during a time of transition. A lyrical rumination on family, nature, renewal, and resurrection, The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future is an ambitious proposal for acceptance and healing, suggesting that the dead return when they are most needed.
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A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegría's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her widowed husband into turmoil and prompts their daughter Cecilia to return home to the family's dairy farm with her children. Magdalena's presence reverberates among her family, instigating fits of laughter and despair in equal measure with all but Cecilia's eldest child, who finds much-needed comfort in their grandmother's love and unconditional understanding during a time of transition. A lyrical rumination on family, nature, renewal, and resurrection, The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future is an ambitious proposal for acceptance and healing, suggesting that the dead return when they are most needed.

DVD, widescreen (1.85:1, 16x9); Dolby 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo; region 1, NTSC.

Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.

Leonor Varela, Mia Maestro, Alfredo Castro, Marcial Tagle, Luis Dubó, Enzo Ferrada, María Velasquez, Laura del Río.

Director of photography, Inti Briones ; editors, Andrea Chignoli, Carlos Ruiz-Tagle ; music, Pierre Desprats.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegría's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her widowed husband into turmoil and prompts their daughter Cecilia to return home to the family's dairy farm with her children. Magdalena's presence reverberates among her family, instigating fits of laughter and despair in equal measure with all but Cecilia's eldest child, who finds much-needed comfort in their grandmother's love and unconditional understanding during a time of transition. A lyrical rumination on family, nature, renewal, and resurrection, The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future is an ambitious proposal for acceptance and healing, suggesting that the dead return when they are most needed.

Special features: theatrical trailer.

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