Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (2025)

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2020

قصیده گاو سفید

Directed by Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moghaddam

Synopsis

Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.

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Cast

Maryam Moghaddam Alireza Sanifar Pouria Rahimisam Avin Poor Raoufi Farid Ghobadi Lily Farhadpour Mohammad Heidari Pejvak Imani Mohamad Ramezani Pour

DirectorsDirectors

Behtash Sanaeeha Maryam Moghaddam

ProducersProducers

Etienne de Ricaud Gholamreza Moosavi

WritersWriters

Behtash Sanaeeha Mehrdad Kouroshniya Maryam Moghaddam

EditorsEditors

Ata Mehrad Behtash Sanaeeha

CinematographyCinematography

Amin Jafari

Production DesignProduction Design

Atousa Ghalamfarsaei

SoundSound

Hossein Ghoorchian Abdolreza Heydari Mahyar Salimi

Costume DesignCostume Design

Atousa Ghalamfarsaei

Studios

Caractères Productions FilmSazan Javan

Countries

France Iran

Language

Persian(Farsi)

Alternative Titles

A Ballad for the White Cow, Ghasideyeh gave sefid, Uten Skyld, Balladen om en vit ko, El perdón, Le Pardon, Balladen om den hvide ko, Ghasideh gave sefid, 伊朗式審判, Balada o bílé krávě, 흰 암소의 발라드, Ballade von der weißen Kuh, Η Μπαλάντα της Λευκής Αγελάδας, 白奶牛之歌, Ballada o białej krowie, Beyaz İnek İçin Balad, Баллада о белой корове, O Perdão, Balladi valkoisesta lehmästä, 贖罪風暴, El perdó

Genre

Drama

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Premiere

01 Feb 2020
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (3)IranFajr FilmFestival

04 Mar 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (4)GermanyBerlin International Film Festival(Competition)

20 Jun 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (5)USATribeca FilmFestival

04 Aug 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (6)PolandTwo Riversides Film and ArtFestival

13 Aug 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (7)AustraliaMelbourne International FilmFestival

20 Aug 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (8)CzechiaKarlovy Vary International FilmFestival

23 Aug 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (9)UKEdinburgh International FilmFestival

27 Aug 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (10)IsraelJerusalem FilmFestival

11 Sep 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (11)Netherlands12Film by the Sea FilmFestival

18 Sep 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (12)FinlandHelsinki International FilmFestival

26 Sep 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (13)SwitzerlandZurich FilmFestival

09 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (15)South KoreaBusan International FilmFestival

18 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (16)BelgiumFilm FestGent

25 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (17)SpainValladolid International FilmFestival

31 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (18)Hong KongHong Kong Asian FilmFestival

13 Nov 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (19)Greece
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (20)Sweden11

Theatrical limited

21 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (21)USA

Theatrical

27 Oct 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (22)FranceU

04 Nov 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (23)Netherlands12

03 Dec 2021
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (24)Poland

13 Jan 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (25)Portugal

21 Jan 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (26)Sweden11

03 Feb 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (27)Czechia
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (28)Germany12

18 Feb 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (29)Japan

10 Mar 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (30)Greece

03 Jun 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (31)Spain

05 Aug 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (32)Finland

01 Sep 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (33)Denmark15

22 Sep 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (34)Brazil14

Digital

26 Jan 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (35)France

10 Feb 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (36)USA

Physical

15 Feb 2022
  • Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (37)France

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Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (38)Australia
13 Aug 2021
  • PremiereMelbourne International FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (39)Belgium
18 Oct 2021
  • PremiereFilm FestGent
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (40)Brazil
22 Sep 2022
  • Theatrical14
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (41)Czechia
20 Aug 2021
  • PremiereKarlovy Vary International FilmFestival
03 Feb 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (42)Denmark
01 Sep 2022
  • Theatrical15
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (43)Finland
18 Sep 2021
  • PremiereHelsinki International FilmFestival
05 Aug 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (44)France
06 Oct 2021
  • PremiereSaint-Jean-de-Luz International FilmFestival
27 Oct 2021
  • TheatricalU
26 Jan 2022
  • DigitalVOD
15 Feb 2022
  • PhysicalDVD
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (45)Germany
04 Mar 2021
  • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival(Competition)
03 Feb 2022
  • Theatrical12
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (46)Greece
13 Nov 2021
  • PremiereThessaloniki International FilmFestival
10 Mar 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (47)Hong Kong
31 Oct 2021
  • PremiereHong Kong Asian FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (48)Iran
01 Feb 2020
  • PremiereFajr FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (49)Israel
27 Aug 2021
  • PremiereJerusalem FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (50)Japan
18 Feb 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (51)Netherlands
11 Sep 2021
  • Premiere12Film by the Sea FilmFestival
04 Nov 2021
  • Theatrical12
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (52)Poland
04 Aug 2021
  • PremiereTwo Riversides Film and ArtFestival
03 Dec 2021
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (53)Portugal
13 Jan 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (54)South Korea
09 Oct 2021
  • PremiereBusan International FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (55)Spain
25 Oct 2021
  • PremiereValladolid International FilmFestival
03 Jun 2022
  • Theatrical
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (56)Sweden
13 Nov 2021
  • Premiere11Stockholm International FilmFestival
21 Jan 2022
  • Theatrical11
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (57)Switzerland
26 Sep 2021
  • PremiereZurich FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (58)UK
23 Aug 2021
  • PremiereEdinburgh International FilmFestival
Ballad of a White Cow (2020) (59)USA
20 Jun 2021
  • PremiereTribeca FilmFestival
21 Oct 2021
  • Theatrical limited
10 Feb 2022
  • Digital

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  • Review by Sin ✊🏿 ★★★★ 6

    Ballad of a White Cow is must-watch cinema. This film follows the story of one woman's encounter with a tyrannical judicial system that has forever maimed her family in a way that's unspeakably horrific.

    What makes this film brilliant is the way that it works on three key levels:

    1️⃣ It centers Mina’s gripping struggle to process grief (and aggrievement), endure injustice, and fight to survive while providing for her deaf daughter. 😩

    2️⃣ The film subtly yet astutely highlights several specific issues related to the everyday contempt, slights, and socio-cultural obstacles Iranian women must delicately navigate within the confines of Iran’s entrenched religious-patriarchal misogyny. 😰

    3️⃣ Added to Mina’s distressing situation that's riddled with moral injury is a thorny…

  • Review by Stephen M ★★★★½

    Another compelling example of contemporary Iranian cinema. Co-directors Mayram Moghadam (also playing the lead) and Behtash Saneeha touch on universal themes of grief and loss, guilt and remorse, responsibility and mercy. Also how people lie out of shame and also out of a desire to protect others. Like Asghar Fahradi, it's a critical reflection on Iranian society, particularly the restrictions on women while at the same time reminding me of the recent anti-death penalty film "There is No Evil". But it stands on its own.

    It opens with a passage from the Quran on Moses' dictum that a cow should be slaughtered in response to a man's murder. This leads into the story of Mina who's husband is executed for…

  • Review by smallclone ★★★★½ 8

    I can’t think of a country who’s political and cultural landscape is so far removed from my own, but whose cinematic and artistic output is so more aligned to what I love to watch….than Iran. It is crazy. I’ve never seen a poor film from Iran.

    This is another incredible Iranian film, and the main star Maryam Moghaddam also wrote it, co Directed it. Which is pretty brave considering it’s a topical tale about how women in Iran don’t get a say on more or less anything they do. In that respect I’m unsure if this film would get released now, given what has gone on in Iran in the last 6 months.

    A woman (Moghaddam) loses her husband to…

  • Review by Tashvin Singh Anand ★★★★

    A Haunting Exploration of Grief, Injustice, and Resilience.
    Must Watch.

  • Review by Hutch ★★★½ 2

    My Persian friend said to me recently that the fact she is a woman and was born in Iran means she is fated to a life of difficulty and complication. She’s given me many examples that leave me in no doubt she is right. Some of what she’s told me has made my jaw drop, but she’s quick to point out there are many Iranian women who are far worse off than she is.

    Much of what she’s described to me is echoed and dramatised in wonderful Iranian films I’ve seen by the likes of Farhadi, Kiarostami and Panahi, and I can now add to that list this impressive film by co-directors and writers Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam. Sanaeeha…

  • Review by Kap 🏳️‍🌈 ★★★★

    Another excellent entry in the Cow Cinematic Universe

  • Review by Juju Hot Takes 🇨🇦 🇻🇳 ★★★★½ 6

    I'm not sure, but I think it's my 1st Iranian film and it's a near masterpiece. which tackles many of the issues facing Iranian society, with enormous respect for the film's team, who took a huge risk in its theme of justice, is quite pertinent and a real scathing plea that criticizes the omnipresence of capital punishment, where in order not to assume that we make mistakes, we still sentence someone to death, even minors (At the time of events). There's a slight problem with the pacing, but it's made up for by the magnificent, carefully executed art direction.

    Above all, it's heartbreaking to follow this mother fighting to rehabilitate her husband's name, while at the same time discovering the…

  • Review by Nizar Ezzeddine ★★★★ 1

    لحظة! كيف يُمكن إنهاء هذه الورطة. الرجل الذي تم إعدامه بناء على ما توفر من معطيات في حينه هو بريء. هل هو الآن قرار البشر أم قرار الخالق؟ ثم الآن ما هي العدالة أساساً؟ هل يحيط البشر بفهمها أم أنهم عند عدم قبول العدالة الأرضية سيتحولون إلى قتلة أيضاً مأخوذون بالثأر؟ لو تمعّنا جيداُ في الآية الكريمة التي بدأ الفيلم بها من سورة البقرة لوجدنا فجأة أننا أمام فيلم عظيم يتركك تحت رحمة أفكار كثيرة ليست سهلة، وستحس بمأزقيته ان وضعت نفسك مكان شخوصه. هل تحققت العدالة الآن؟ ربما -بل بالتأكيد- نحن البشر مهما بلغنا من العقل أقل قدرة على فهم العدالة على الأرض فهي للخالق

  • Review by maneleeo ★★★½

    It's amazing how films coming out from Iran are so emotionally complex when we know the artistic process is so complexly restrained. These filmmakers present us with tough situations that are nothing more than the reality people face in Iran, they use it as a tool for raising their voice, and it's a beautiful tool in my opinion.

  • Review by Moresbi ★★★★

    "... compensate you with the full price for an adult male."
    "... it was, after all, God's will."
    (letting that sink in 😱🤯)

    "Ghasideyeh gave sefid" aka "Ballad of a White Cow" was quiet, powerful and (very) well crafted.

    The synopsis isn't entirely correct (though not entirely wrong), as the movie focuses on something different, which I'll leave for your personal discovery. It's a fairly interesting, if quiet, but significant and powerful movie.

    I really enjoyed Maryam Moghaddam (who also co-directs) here.. measured, quiet and yet very effective. Alireza Sanifar was a very fitting co-lead, with a very similar delivery. Avin Poor Raoufi (the daughter) was sweet.

    Well, another "stunning" depiction of Iran's society, with several issues along the way…

  • Review by 🇵🇱 Steve G 🐝 ★★★★½ 2

    The 2022 Catchup Project

    I think I'm going to go mad.

    That is if I see any more reviews of Ballad of a White Cow or indeed any other Iranian or Middle Eastern film that is about, or discusses, capital punishment that try and take a geographical high ground. Like they don't put people in the fucking gas chamber in Texas and sundry other states. The patronising tone, suggesting this subject is a problem in this region, is almost spellbinding in its idiocy from certain quarters.

    Anyway, Ballad of a White Cow is too great and powerful a film to spend a good proportion of this review bitching about dipshits. I was in a good mood this morning and then…

  • Review by Farshad Jaberzade ★★

    مشکل اصلیِ قصیده‌ی گاو سفید با تمام نقاط قوتش نظیر فیلمبرداری، بازی‌های قابل‌توجه و ایده‌ی یک‌خطی خاصش، ناتوانی‌ آن در روایت و شخصیت‌پردازی‌ست. از همان آغاز فیلم، با اثری مواجه می‌شویم که نوید بداعت می‌دهد و نیم‌ساعت نخستش مخاطب را جذب می‌کند، اما به همان ورطه‌ی تکراری می‌افتد که سینمای اجتماعی ایران در دهه‌ی ۹۰ به آن دچار شده است. فضایی خشک و ملال‌آور با شخصیت‌هایی که اصلا درنیامده‌اند و گاهی کنش‌هایشان آن‌قدر مضحک به‌ نظر می‌رسند که نمی‌دانیم آیا با فیلمی واقع‌گرا مواجه‌ایم یا کارگردان جهان دیگری ساخته است. به‌طور مثال، به سکانس ورود رضا به فیلم دقت کنید. بی‌هیچ دلیلی حرف‌هایش را قطع می‌کند و تازه یادش می‌افتد که کودکی در این صحنه حاضر است و پس از…

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