Directed by
Francisca Alegría
Produced by
Tom Dercourt, Alejandra García
Written by
Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Manuela Infante
Featuring
Leonor Varela, Mia Maestro, Alfredo Castro, Marcial Tagle, Enzo Ferrada
Sponsored by
2022 | Spanish | France/Germany/Chile/USA
Francisca Alegría’s striking feature debut is a lyrical eco-fable of family, renewal, and resurrection. Polluted with the industrial waste of a nearby factory, the toxic waters of the Cruces River in southern Chile have become inhospitable to the surrounding local wildlife. Yet amongst the floating bodies of lifeless fish, the long-dead Magdalena (Mía Maestro, FRIDA, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) inexplicably rises to the surface and returns to her family’s dairy farm. Mysterious and meditative, THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE skilfully connects long ignored alarms of impending environmental devastation to one family’s need to address intergenerational traumas. A Kino Lorber release.
