GUNDA TBC
FILM ★★★★☆
OUT 4 JUNE CINEMAS
Viktor Kossakovsky’s completely dialogue-free black-and-white portrait of farm life offers hypnotic insights into animal behaviour. Filming on farms in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the director trains his camera on cows, chickens and – the star of the show –a titular sow, who has several hungry mouths to feed, tending to them with devotion. Exec produced by Joaquin Phoenix, Gunda attains National Geographic levels of intimacy, without the sort of cloying voiceover typical of nature docs. If ever there is a film to turn you vegan, this is it.