Vacas (1992)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Julio Medem

Writers:

Michel Gaztambide (writer)
Julio Medem (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 February 1992 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Set in the Basque region, a story of the rivalry of two families, period 1870-1935

Plot Keywords:

Basque | Civil War | Cowardice | Cow | Full Circle

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Emma Suárez	...	Cristina
Carmelo Gómez	...	Manuel, Ignacio and Peru Irigibel
Ana Torrent	...	Catalina
Karra Elejalde	...	Ilegorri / Lucas
Klara Badiola	...	Madalen (as Clara Badiola)
Txema Blasco	...	Manuel
Kandido Uranga	...	Carmelo / Juan
Pilar Bardem	...	Paulina
Miguel Ángel García	...	Peru as a child
Ane Sánchez	...	Cristina as a child
Magdalena Mikolajczyk	...	Daughter as a child
Enara Azkue	...	Daughter as a child
Ortzi Balda	...	Ilegorri / Lucas as a child
Elisabeth Ruiz	...	Old Daughter
Ramón Barea	...	Juez

Also Known As:

Cows

Runtime:

96 min | UK:92 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Company:

Sociedad General de Televisión (Sogetel)

Quotes:

Manuel: This is important. This is very important. This is very, very important.

Movie Connections:

Featured in La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra (2003)

synchronicity

two of the most fascinating subjects in Carl Jung's psychoanalysis are synchronicity and the collective unconscious with its archetypes. i am sure Jung would have loved this movie if he was alive this same day. the subliminal moments of the movie are those when the most remote events, people and/or things seem to coincide in one point regardless of time and space. this is what Carl Jung calls 'synchronicity'. according to Jung, this synchronicities happen in our lives and their function is to indicate a meaning and purpose in life. from the beginning we can see how this strange coincidences point towards a destiny. this type of strange coincidences happen to many people around the world during their lives.

the symbolism is most obvious in manuel's drawings. the way that manuel who appears as disconnected and insane, is on the contrary a well tuned connection with the collective unconscious, therefore, he has developed a strong sense of intuition where he can transcend and 'see' meaningful events in the future. the shape of things to come is what his drawings are about.

an excellent movie!

by the way, please excuse my English if you find some wrong spelling and some grammatical mistakes. English is my second language.

thank you