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‘Holy Cow’ Review: Vivacious French Coming-of-Ager Finds True Solidarity in Rural Life
In her debut feature, writer-director Louise Courvoisier offers a considered and compassionate portrait of rural life.
Vouching for genuine solidarity and not empty gestures, writer-director Louise Courvoisier ’s first feature “ Holy Cow,” a vivacious coming-of-ager set amid dairy farms in the French countryside, illustrates how individuals can meaningfully show up for one another. To that end, Courvoisier centers on Totone (Clément Faveau), a scrawny 18-year-old with a perpetually furrowed brow living in the rural Jura region of eastern France, where the director grew up. Totone’s carefree days drowned in beer, girl chasing, and free-spirit rides on his motorbike through open roads soon fade into the backburner when his father dies tragically leaving the teen to care for his adorable little sister Claire (Luna Garret).
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