First Cow (2020)
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Genres - Drama, Western |
Sub-Genres - Period Film, Psychological Drama, Rural Drama |
Release Date - Mar 6, 2020 (USA), Mar 6, 2020 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 122 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Augustine Chay
Director/co-writer Kelly Reichardt’s American frontier drama is an adaptation of Jonathan Raymond’s 2004 novel “The Half-Life.” Starring John Magaro, Orion Lee, and Rene Auberjonois, it revolves around an unlikely friendship between a hired cook and a mysterious Chinese man in the 1820s Oregon Territory. The two of them develop a lucrative enterprise that revolves around the first cow in the territory.
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biscuits, cow, friendship, get-rich-quick-scheme, immigrant, landowner