

First Cow
A simple western about the origin of the American Dream.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $101.1K
- Language
- English
- immigrant
- based on novel or book
- fur trapping
- oregon, usa
- 19th century
- biscuits
- buddy film
- cow
- western
- cook
- 1820s
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival30 Aug 2019
- PremiereNew York Film Festival28 Sept 2019
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, NY & Los Angeles, CA6 Mar 2020
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Limited expansion13 Mar 2020
- Digital / OTTPG-1310 Jul 2020
- PhysicalPG-13Blu-ray8 Sept 2020
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A28 May 2021
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival (Virtual)6 Aug 2020
- TheatricalPG29 Apr 2021
- PhysicalPG4 Oct 2021
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)PGToronto, Ontario13 Mar 2020
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical10 Jun 2021
FinlandFI
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
- TheatricalK-1211 Mar 2022
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville American Film Festival7 Sept 2020
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
- TheatricalTP27 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival22 Feb 2020
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
- Theatrical18 Nov 2021
- TVSRF (Delikatessen)30 May 2024
GreeceGR
- Premiere61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival4 Nov 2020
- TheatricalΚ-1222 Jul 2021
- TVNova23 Sept 2021
IrelandIE
- Theatrical12A28 May 2021
- Digital / OTTMUBI9 Jul 2021
Frequently asked questions
First Cow was released on 6 March 2020.
Audience reviews
4- S8/10
SWITCH.
8/13/2020
'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 sweet companionship and commitment to fellowship that will, not the greed of self-interest. In Reichardt's world, greed is a modern illness, and it's only when Cookie and King-Lu's solidarity falters that their lives begin…
- M7/10
Manuel São Bento
9/8/2020
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- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2022
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 realise that there is a decent amount of money to be made by indulging the sweet teeth of their fellow hardy companions - and when they discover that the local headman has had a cow delivered - the only one for miles - a cland…
- B8/10
badelf
6/16/2022
For sure not a Hollywood film. This film is a beautifully executed character study about friendship.
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