Set on a farm, shot in natural light, with long takes and without a score, Kossakovsky invites you to view the lives of a mother sow (the eponymous Gunda), two resourceful cows, and a scene-stealing, one-legged chicken through new eyes. Hailed as “pure cinema” by Paul Thomas Anderson and a “visceral meditation on existence” by executive producer Joaquin Phoenix, the documentary movingly recalibrates our moral universe, exploring the inherent value of life and the mystery of all animal consciousness, including our own.