Thursday 09th October 2025
Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. R95 D320
Eighteen-year-old Totone spends most of his time with his friends drinking and having fun. But when circumstances change, Totone must become more responsible and find the means to provide for himself and his young sister.
He sets his sights on making the best Comté cheese, so that he can win the top prize of €30,000 at the regional agricultural competition.
Louise Courvoisier’s impressive first-time feature has been an unexpected hit in her native France. Drawing on her own upbringing in theruralJura regionwhere Holy Cowis set, and featuring a cast of mostly young non-actors, the result is a joyful and authentic story of one young man’s coming of age.
A little gem of a film
Director: Louise Courvoisier
Cast: Clément Faveau, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry, Maïwene Barthelemy
FILM INFO: 92minutes, France,2024, Cert: CLUB
French with English subtitles
A social realist drama that is the opposite of grim and miserable in its warm and often funny telling of a coming of age story
The Guardian
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