Many apologies to everyone that I didn't condense The Cow in a more conducive fashion! I just now rewatched the ending, and in fact three villagers (the chief included) take Hassan, leading him by rope, to the mountain. There, the chief begins to whip Hassan. Another man stops him from whipping him, and at this moment, Hassan breaks free, bellows, and runs until he hurls himself down the slope. His body is then shown face down in a stream at the bottom of the mountain. There is a dissolve and the next scene shows the three villagers on the horizon--their placement on the horizon mimics the three silhouettes of the thieves at the beginning of the film (when Hassan is washing the cow). Here is a full summary of the film for your benefit:
http://forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2010/04/cow.html
Questions: What about Dariush Mehrjui The Cow intrigues or disturbs you? What is memorable to you about the formal construction of the film? And lastly, does Hamid Dabashi's psychological contextualization of the film and Sa'edi's (Gohar Morad's) screenplay resonate with your 'reading' of The Cow?
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