Cow

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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The story is told without dialogue, the characters ‘talking’ to each other only through the playing of their guitars. The open ocean was entirely created in a soundstage, featuring lighting and camerawork by award winning director of...

New Zealand Production

Short 2001 Comedy 12.00 minutes

Cow, a 12 minute black comedy shot on 35mm, is jokingly described by writer/director, Michael Bennett as “yet another entry in the well-worn genre of aquatic bovine musical comedies”. More seriously, Cow is an allegorical tale about how relationships can fall apart over the silliest things. For the two men adrift on an endless ocean with their cow, an unfortunate Act of God sets off an escalating series of events that propel their friendship towards chaos and disaster. Cow stars New Zealand acting greats Ian Mune and Martyn Sanderson as two old friends on a particularly odd journey.