Movie

Poor Cow

1967 · 101 min

A grey, tender slice of working-class life that drifts with its heroine, offering fleeting warmth and quiet heartbreak in equal measure.

Tagline: When two arms close around her...She knows she's home. Two arms will do. Any two arms will do.
Overview: Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure–if that.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, isolation, parenthood, survival
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
isolation
parenthood
survival
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild