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Which pioneering Iranian director's 1969 film 'The Cow' (Gaav), about a villager's obsessive attachment to his cow, is widely regarded as a founding work of the Iranian New Wave?

Answer: Dariush Mehrjui — 'The Cow' is often cited as a turning point that showed Iranian cinema could achieve serious artistic and international recognition beyond commercial genre films.

'The Cow' is often cited as a turning point that showed Iranian cinema could achieve serious artistic and international recognition beyond commercial genre films.

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