First Cow

2020 122 min Drama, Western

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

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IMDb 7.1 RT 96 Metacritic 90

budget $2,000,000 earnings $101,068 return 0.1x

director Kelly Reichardt

writers Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond

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