First Cow
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.
Reviews
“'First Cow' may show an origin of capitalism, but unlike the wild west of Wall Street, Reichardt points to an alternate reality where it's not the muscle of capitalism that conquers, but rather the…”
— SWITCH.
★8Read more“If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ As you should know by now, I love watching films as blind as possible: no trailers and a minimum amount of information about the…”
— Manuel São Bento
★7Read more“This is a gently comedic story of a couple of pioneering Oregon frontiersmen. Cook-cum-baker John Magaro ("Cookie") who falls in with the entrepreneurial "King-Lu" (Orion Lee). The pair quickly…”
— CinemaSerf
★7Read more“For sure not a Hollywood film. This film is a beautifully executed character study about friendship.”
— badelf
★8
