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Theatrical Release of THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE


  • Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue Astoria, NY, 11106 United States (map)
““Hauntingly moving and hopeful…
A folkloric tale that uses magical realism as a way to connect the intimate story of a family suffering from generational trauma with a timely environmentalist fable.”
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— Rafael Motamayor, Indiewire


THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE / LA VACA QUE CANTÓ UNA CANCIÓN HACIA EL FUTURO
A film by Francisca Alegría
(Chile/France/USA/Germany, 2022, 93 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
With Leonor Varela, Mia Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, and Alfredo Castro.

Alegría’s poignant and stunning debut feature 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. This 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. 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. 

New York, NY: Quad Cinema, sneak preview on Wednesday, May 3
New York, NY: Quad Cinema, opens Friday, May 19

Watch the trailer:

 
 
Source:: https://kinolorber.com/film/the-cow-who-sang
Earlier Event: May 9
Special Screening of ON THE DIVIDE
Later Event: May 21
Las Premieres Presents THE PADILLA AFFAIR
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.