Women with Cows

A documentary about two sisters with diametrically opposed views on the usefulness of cows. Seventy-nine-year-old Britt Georgsson has devoted her entire life to cows. She’s been tending them since the age of four and, despite her health problems, she has no intention of abandoning her strenuous work caring for her twelve pets on the rundown family farm. Her sister Ingrid, one year her junior, lives in a nearby village; she can’t stand the cows but, even so, she generally helps her sister to look after the bovine family inheritance. When the authorities threaten their farm, the story takes an unexpected turn. Respected Swedish photographer and documentarist Peter Gerdehag observes both sisters, not only during their frequent spats, but also in moments of mutual accord, when the strength of sisterly bonds triumphs over minor squabbles.

Screening Schedule

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Script: Peter Gerdehag, Tell Aulin, Malcolm Dixelius

Cinematography: Peter Gerdehag

Editing: Tell Aulin

Music: Per-Henrik Maenpaa

Production: Deep Sea Productions, Sweden, T. +46 8732 9435 F.+46 8 612 7330 lasse@deepsea.sewww.deepsea.se

Producers: Lasse Rengfelt

Co-production: YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland & NRK Norwegian Broadcasting, Norway

Format: HDCAM Color

Production Country: Sweden

Production Year: 2011