The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
Description
Long-dead matriarch Magdalena emerges from deep in the waters of Chile’s Cruces River, seemingly called forward by Mother Nature herself. As she walks past dead fish washed up along the riverbank, it is unclear whether Magdalena’s return is a sign or a warning. At once poignant and surprising, director Francisca Alegría’s debut feature creates a stunning magical realist tale of familial legacy and loss, set against a backdrop of environmental decline. As Magdalena arrives at her family’s dairy farm and makes herself known, the frictions that tear at the family and the land she once knew become clear.
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Biographies
Chilean writer-director Francisca Alegría’s journey toward her art began at 13 when she started directing the movies she and her sister made during trips to the Andes with their grandfather. After earning her MFA at Columbia University, she started her career making short films, including And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye (2016), winner of the International Fiction Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022) is her first feature.