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Father, Son & Holy Cow

2011 · 90 min

A gentle, bittersweet tale of loss and eccentric recovery, blending quiet sadness with quirky rural charm and a touch of absurdity.

Directed by
Radek Wegrzyn
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Agata Buzek, Antoni Pawlicki
Overview
Bogdan, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, retires from the stage when his wife Iza dies, and he seeks solace on his mother's little farm. The little village on the Baltic coast is where he and his wife had sworn to love each other for all eternity when they were still children. Now that everything has changed, Bogdan succumbs to fate and begins to drink heavily. Thankfully his resolute mother has a formula to free the despairing Bogdan from his state of lethargy: renovating the run-down farmhouse and hard work in the stables. One day Bogdan makes a fateful discovery. A surprisingly musical cow, of all things, rekindles Bogdan's life spirits and gives him a crazy idea. His friends and family throw their hands up in horror, and when he tops things by organizing a village feast, things run completely out of control.

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Directed by
Radek Wegrzyn
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Agata Buzek, Antoni Pawlicki
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • healing
  • family
  • music
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Radek Wegrzyn
Written by
Roberto Gagnor, Cezary Iber
Starring
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Agata Buzek, Antoni Pawlicki, Elżbieta Karkoszka, Andrzej Mastalerz, Wiktor Zborowski, Malwina Buss, Joanna Kasperska
Runtime
90 min
Country
Finland, Germany, Poland
Languages
Polish

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