Gaav

Dec 1 1974 Not Rated 1h 44m
Drama

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.

Plot

Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran away. Masht Hassan is devastated, he starts to spend all his time in the barn, eating hay, and slowly believes that he is the cow.

Written by

Dariush Mehrjui, Gholam-Hossein Saedi

Directed by

Dariush Mehrjui

Cast

Ezzatolah Entezami, Mahin Shahabi, Ali Nasirian

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

Iran

Production Companies

Central Film Office of the Iranian Ministry of Culture

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
8,294
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA