Thessaloniki filmfest screens ‘Ballad of a White Cow’

Iranian feature ‘Ballad of a White Cow’ has been screened at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) in Greece.

Co-directed by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqaddam, the film competed at the Open Horizons section of the 62nd edition of the event.

‘Ballad of a White Cow’ narrates the story a young woman named Mina who lives alone with her deaf child while her husband had been executed being falsely charged for a murder he did not commit.

Mina tries to get her life together, take good care of her child and make both ends meet. However, her life gets more sorrowful when she finds out that her husband was innocent.

‘Ballad of a White Cow’ is a coproduction by Qolamreza Mousavi and Etienne de Ricaud.

The cast list of the movie includes Moqaddam, Alireza Sanifar, Farid Qobadi, Lili Farhadpour, and Pouria Rahimi-Sam.

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival is a celebration of global independent cinema, which screens the best films from all over the world.

The 2021 edition of the event was held on November 4-14 in Greece.

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