The Cow

Adam is a young farmer. He lives up in the hills with his mother. The woman had made her living from sex work. As a child Adam fell from a rock. After that accident he was left with an intellectual disability. Now his mother is gravely ill. Adam has to find money for medicine. The only thing he owns is a cow. He sells the cow and brings the money. Around the same time Rosa comes to the farm. The woman had been working as a maid. She is running from the abuse of the butcher she worked for. She takes shelter in the house on the hill. In time she comes into Adam’s life. Radek Holub and Alena Mihulová take the leads. The film was adapted from a short story. Karel Kachyňa’s Czech film was finished in 1996.