
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
A deeply strange, melancholic study of isolation and transgressive intimacy between two lonely people bound by grief and necessity on a rural farm.
A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law on a farm. Noriko pretends to be his long-gone favorite cow and lets him milk her—a satisfying arrangement for them both.
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