A guy, a farmer, and a grieving cow walk into a dairy farm. No punchline—just feelings.
Unsure of his future after college, James returns to his small rural hometown before his senior year begins. He unexpectedly begins working on the dairy farm his father once owned, befriending an eccentric twenty-something farmer and, to his surprise, a grieving cow. As James connects with his past, he opens old wounds about his father's sudden death.
Acting
Will Brill's deadpan vulnerability sells every absurd moment.
Writing
Dialogue that makes cow grief feel devastatingly human.
Director
Charlie Polinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Charlie Polinger made this as his NYU thesis film before pivoting to commercials.
Part of a mid-2010s wave of 'rural mumblecore' examining post-recession small-town decay through absurdist lenses.
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