Holy Cow
Monday 18 August 2025
- Duration: 92 mins
Language: French with English subtitles
| Monday 18 August
8pm |
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Director: Louise Courvoisier
Cast: Clément Faveau, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry, Maïwene Barthelemy
Eighteen - year - old Totone spends most of his time with his friends drinking and having fun. But when circumstances change, Totone must become more responsible and find the means to provide for himself and his young sister. He sets his sights on making the best Comté cheese , so that he can win the top prize of €30,000 at the regional agricultural competition.
Louise Courvoisier’s impressive first-time feature has been an unexpected hit in her native France. Drawing on her own upbringing in the rural Jura region where Holy Cow is set, and featuring a cast of mostly young non - actors, the result is a joyful and authentic story of one young man’s coming of age. A little gem of a film
Winner-Youth Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2024
Winner-FICC (Federation Internationale de Cine-club)Don Quixote Prize, Tromsø International Film Festival 2025
Winner-Best Debut Film, France’s César Awards 2025
‘a social-realist drama that is the opposite of grim and miserable in its warm and often funny telling of a coming-of-age story’
★★★★ The Guardian
‘Powered along by youthful exuberance, earthy sex scenes and keen naturalism, Holy Cow is a box - office sensation in France, where it outperformed Anora and The Brutalist’
★★★★ The Irish Times
