Gāv = The Cow / kārgardān-i Dāriyūsh Mihrjūʼī ; sīnārīyū: Ghulām Ḥusayn Sāʻidī va Dāriyūsh Mihrjūʼī.

گاو= The Cow / كارگردان داريوش مهرجويى ؛ سيناريو: غلام٢٠٠أحسين ساعيدى و داريوش مهرجويى.
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"Hasan, a peasant, is the only one in his small and poor village lucky enough to own a cow. He spoils the cow like a child and lives in perpetual fear that the inhabitants of a neighboring and hostile village will steal his cow. One day, when Hasan is out of the village at work, the cow dies. The vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Great directors of the world.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: First-Run Features (Firm)
Other Authors: Mihrjūʼī, Dāriyūsh = مهرجويى: داريوش
Naṣīriyān, ʻAlī, 1935- = نصيريان: على
Intiẓāmī, ʻIzzat Allāh, 1924-2018 = انتظامى: عزت الله
Cheshire, Godfrey = ساعيدى: غلام حسين
Sāʻidī, Ghulām Ḥusayn
Language:Persian
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Farsi dialogue with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : First Run Features, [2004?]
Series:Great directors of the world.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Cows > Iran > Drama.
Villages > Iran > Drama.
Rural poor > Iran > Drama.
Iran > Rural conditions > Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films > Iran.
Foreign language films > Persian.
Drama.
Cows.
Rural conditions.
Rural poor.
Villages.
Iran.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Gaav.
Cow. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"Hasan, a peasant, is the only one in his small and poor village lucky enough to own a cow. He spoils the cow like a child and lives in perpetual fear that the inhabitants of a neighboring and hostile village will steal his cow. One day, when Hasan is out of the village at work, the cow dies. The villagers bury the cow and tell Hasan it wandered off. Hasan can't believe it. In his sorrow and astonishment, he takes the place of his cow."--Www.IranianMovies.com.
Note:Based upon the work by Ghulām Ḥusayn Sāʻidī.
Originally produced as a 16mm motion picture in 1969.
Special features: interview with Dāriyūsh Mihrjūʼī; film notes by Godfrey Cheshire; director's biography; photo gallery; Iranian trailer gallery.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CL9 D0039452 VideoDVD
Credits:Cinematography, Farīdūn Ghūvānlū ; music: Hurmūz Farhat.
System Details:DVD, NTSC.
Cast:
ʻIzzat Allāh Intiẓāmī, ʻAlī Naṣīriyān, Jamshīd Mashāyikhī, ʻIṣmat Ṣafavī, Khusrū Shujāʻzādah, Jaʻfar Vālī, Parvīz Fanīʹzadah.