Observational New Zealand documentary from veteran independent filmmaker Costa Botes charting the unusual life of musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer,...
Observational New Zealand documentary from veteran independent filmmaker Costa Botes charting the unusual life of musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew Johnstone.
"Opening on the Johnstone family farm in Cambridge, When the Cows Come Home, Johnstone is enthusiastic to expound his views on animal husbandand bovine communication, before the film walks us back through the events that have shaped the farmer-philosopher – from personal family tragedy to warring with Catholic school authorities, innovating in Hamilton’s nascent&o creating guerrilla art installations; Johnstone’s life has had a truly idiosyncratic trajectory. Mental health issues may have seen him retreat to life on the farm, but the film makes clear its subject’s restless inquisitiveness is far from being put out to pasture." (Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival)
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- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- New Zealand