Family Life (1971 British film)
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Golden Globe Foreign Film - English Language 1969 · Nominated
Poor Cow. Jump to. 2 wins & 2 nominations. Golden Globes, USA. 1969 Nominee Golden Globe. Best English-Language Foreign Film. UK. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 1968 Winner Best Actress. Carol White. 1968 Nominee Crystal Globe. Best Film. Ken Loach (director) Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards. 1970 Winner SIYAD Award.
Poor Cow. A young woman lives a life full of bad choices. At a young age she has a baby by an abusive thief who quickly lands in prison. When her son goes missing, she gets to grips with what is most important to her.
- (2K)
- Drama
- Ken Loach
- 1968-01-31
Poor Cow is a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and based on Nell Dunn's 1967 novel of the same name. It was Ken Loach's first feature film, after a series of TV productions. The film was re-released in the UK in 2016.
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up.
Poor Cow from 1967 – his debut film, in fact – now looks more than ever like his key early masterpiece. It has an extraordinary freshness and openness, and an effortless scene-by-scene swing in the story that hardly seems like a story at all.
Jun 20, 2016 · Discover the best of the city, first. British filmmaking icon Ken Loach was still calling himself Kenneth when he shot this heartbreaking drama depicting the tough flipside of swinging ’60s London.
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Poor Cow (1967) Carol White (Cathy Come Home) stars in Ken Loach’s debut film, as a working-class single mother living in the London slums. Rent on BFI Player £3.50. “Loach’s outstanding gift is a rare one – he has a quite astonishing rapport with actors.
