Poor Cow

Poor Cow

1967 · 101 min · EN · NR · 6.5 (38 votes)
Dir. Ken Loach · Starring Carol White, Terence Stamp, John Bindon, Queenie Watts, Kate Williams, Ken Campbell · Music Donovan

When two arms close around her...She knows she's home. Two arms will do. Any two arms will do.

Drama

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. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.

VIBE

A stark, unsentimental look at a woman adrift in post-war London. It feels lived-in and authentic, capturing the quiet desperation and fleeting moments of hope in a life shaped by circumstance and poor choices.

grittymelancholicrawwistfulsteadykitchen sink realismsocial realismnaturalisticsurvivalpovertyworking-class lifeunfulfilled desire
based on novel or bookhomelesskitchen sink realism
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