I'm not actually sure why this didn't get a Oscar nod this year because it was fantastic.
It's completely Cinéma vérité. No dialogue or set up scenes, just showing the life of this cow, Luma.
The shots are amazing. The way the camera will linger on something at just the right moment. It maybe me anthropomorphising her but Jesus Christ I could like feel Luma's pain. It was screaming out the TV at me. The sadness in her eyes and the way she walked especially when you juxtapose it to her baby running around the field. It was just heartbreaking.
She was used like a factory, and then the ending. Wow. That's what she got after giving her life and body for their profit. It was crushing.
I read that the director wanted to the audience to really see the cows and I think she achieved this perfectly. You see that they are alive, they cry for their children just like we would if ours were taken away. They care for their children just like us.
Im so mad it didn't get an Oscar nomination!
