Poor Cow (1967)

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"Poor Cow (Ken Loach, 1967) "

A good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was Ken Loach's directorial debut and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out. I have to admit that I had no idea what this movie was about before watching the damned thing. Anyway, eventually, it was pretty neat that, instead of focusing on the life of a small-time burglar, they told the story of the wife of such a thief which was a really neat approach. In fact, this marriage didn't last for long and, from the moment that her husband in jail ended, she then started a relationship with another thief which was provably not the best move but the fact this woman was flawed made her in fact even more interesting. I think this movie also gave a good idea how limited the options were fo” read more

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"Young mother Joy is forced to fend for herself when her brutal husband, Tom, goes to jail. Ken Loach's docudrama directing style was deemed to be quite revolutionary at the time of this movie's release. It shows the flip side to the Swinging Sixties in portraying London's seedier aspect as a poverty stricken bed of prostitution and crime. The main character Joy seems to always seek male approval. She leaps from one bed to another but you sympathise with her as she needs a father figure for her "