When the Cows Come Home

When the Cows Come Home (2022)

Even Loners Need a Herd...

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2022-07-28
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Lone Pine
  • Production Country: New Zealand
  • Director: Costa Botes

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Summary

When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew Johnstone has befriended and subsequently saved from slaughter. The garrulous herdsman is enthusiastic to expound his views on animal husbandry, bovine communication and the vagaries of life in general, before the film walks us back through the events that have shaped the singular farmer-philosopher. From personal family tragedy to warring with Catholic school authorities, innovating in Hamilton’s nascent music scene to 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.

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  • Andrew Johnstone

    as Self
  • Geoff Lealand

    as Self
  • Claudine Johnstone

    as Self
  • Noel Johnstone

    as Self
  • Louise Allen

    as Self
  • Grant Hislop

    as Self
  • Zed Brookes

    as Self
  • Himanshu Kera

    as Self
  • Richard Swainson

    as Self
Directing Costa Botes Director
Crew Costa Botes Cinematography
Crew Andrew Johnstone Cinematography
Crew Daniel Batkin-Smith Cinematography
Crew Murray Milne Cinematography
Sound Phil Burton Sound
Sound Tom McLeod Music