Cow (Chinese) 2009

October 4, 2009 · Posted in Chinese Movies, Comedy, Drama, Movies | Share

AKA: Dou Niu
Year: 2009
Directed: Guan Hu
Genre: Drama, Black Comedy
Runtime: 01:45
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese and English
Cast: Huang Bo, Yan Ni, Hu Gao, Zi Hua, Longyin Hu, Xiaoguang Hu, Jun Zhao

Synopsis / Plot

War is crazy and most of the characters are, too, in “Cow,” an often brilliantly imagined black comedy-cum-magical-realist yarn about a dumb Shandong peasant Niu Er who has the unlucky task of protecting the village’s only Dutch dairy cow, which supplies milk for the wounded Chinese Soldiers during WWII. Loyal Niu Er is commited to protecting the cow at all cost despite the village being invaded by Japanese troops. Motored by a tour-de-force perf from bozo-faced thespian Huang Bo (“Crazy Stone,” “Crazy Racer”, this powerful allegory about the stubborn resourcefulness of the Chinese common man amid mass inhumanity.