The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future

Released May 19, 2023

1h 33m

Drama

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When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena's presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.

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Critics Consensus

With a hopeful tune, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future basks in magical realism to deliver a compelling family drama swathed in a powerful environmental fable.

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Chloe Roddick

Sight & Sound

In spite of its missteps, The Cow Who Sang is an assured first feature that gently weaves an intimate, personal story about motherhood, family, trauma and loss into a wider fable about environmental ruin...

Dec 9, 2023

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Ty Burr

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There are moments of eerie movie magic here as well as a pervasive didacticism and at least one scene that’s lit like a telenovela. Alegria is one to watch, though, and so is the movie if you’re feeling chancy.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 4, 2023

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

With finely tuned magical realist sensibilities, first-time writer-director Francisca Alegria launches into a hauntingly atmospheric tale that denounces humanity’s untenable relationship with the natural world.

May 25, 2023

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Alessandra Rangel

InSession Film

At the center of the story, both Mia Maestro and Leonor Varela give heart-breaking and contrasting performances.

Dec 9, 2023

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan

A riveting tale of family drama and environment that provides a hopeful and thoughtful ending.

Sep 8, 2023

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Emily Maskell

A Good Movie To Watch

Hope lingers that it’s not too late for Magdalena’s family to wake up to the world around them, and maybe it’s possible for us to do the same.

Sep 5, 2023

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Isa

A compelling movie in the magical realism tradition. The message of the film will challenge you, especially if youre thinking about our current ecological crisis.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/28/23

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Colin L

This is a nice movie to watch, the story line is interesting

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/23

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tensionkoh s

Very good movie!!! You guys all should watch this fantastic movie!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/23

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Ravenswood R

Flaky conceptual weirdness that strives to make points about generational tensions and conflicts, inheritances, death, life, pollution, dreams, reality, relationships, sex and gender identity, communication, sadness, love, family, nature, humanity, mysticism, and maybe a few other things. An effort which is tedious, overstuffed and overwrought, which amounts to not very much in the end. At times interesting, and at other times weighed down by superficial, surrealistic attempts at meaning. Hippies and/or juggalos might think this is intelligent and insightful, but of course, there you have it - it is a little dopey.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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Leon Y

Happy to watching on it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/23

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Siaw Y

Actually it's a good movie to be honest, quite meaningful story, and I honestly recommend everyone should go and have a watch, worth watching it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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Francisca Alegría

Director

Mía Maestro

Magdalena

Enzo Ferrada Rosati

Tomas

Benjamin Soto

Pablo

Leonor Varela

Cecilia

Frederique Gudelj

Arsenaiera

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Synopsis

When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena's presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.

Director: Francisca Alegría
Producer: Casey Bader, Bill Reedy, Emily Reedy, Rick Rosenthal, Nancy Stephens, Christine Woodhouse
Screenwriter: Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Manuela Infante
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Bord Cadre Films, Dialectic, Sovereign Films, Whitewater Films, Wood Producciones, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Cinéma Defacto, Match Factory Productions, Jirafa films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 18, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.4K
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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