Cosmos. Andrzej Żuławski, 2015.
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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2016. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 102 minutes.
Summary: Recurring scenes of hanged animals.
Details:
1) Scenes of a dead sparrow hanging by the neck, of a plucked chicken hanging by the neck, or both, appear frequently throughout the film. The scenes are not gory in excess of their factual content, and occur at 0:52-1:04, 3:58-4:12, 6:57-7:000, 16:10-16:33, 18:35-18:57, 41:43-41:47, 48:28-48:38, 49:48-49:52, and 59:09-59:12.
2) A house cat is found dead, hanged in the backyard at 49:05 and remains on screen during dialogue through 50:09.
Cosmos is many things, including a murder mystery about who killed these animals and what the next crime might be. As such, we repeatedly see the same few incidents while characters discuss and rehash.