back in the 60 and this grim study of joy and a young proletarian wife and be the introduction to the career of ken loach and who become one of the most distinguished and respected british filmmaker of all time . by then i know very little about brecht and politics or the reality of the under privilege and and i be quite impress by the aesthetic of the film and it free style and it austere color cinematography and and joy monologue in front of the camera . i be also much surprise to find that terence stamp ( who have become a celebrity and thanks to billy budd and the collector and modesty blaise ) have so little screen time . although 20th century fox distribute poor cow in panama and loach do not stay in mainstream cinema ( which this film hardly be ) and i lose contact with his film . i just heard of his success and kes and family life and black jack . until i catch up in the 80 . the beautiful title song by donovan and by the way and be available in his anthology troubadour .