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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Cast
32 people
John Magaro
Cookie
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
Past Lives
Orion Lee
King-Lu
Known for
Turning Red
Project Hail Mary
Toby Jones
Chief Factor
Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
MobLand
Ewen Bremner
Lloyd
Known for
Trainspotting
Wonder Woman
Scott Shepherd
Captain
Known for
The Young Pope
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Gary Farmer
Totillicum
Known for
Resident Alien
Dead Man
Lily Gladstone
Chief Factor’s Wife
Known for
Killers of the Flower Moon
Under the Bridge
Alia Shawkat
Woman with Dog
Known for
Arrested Development
The Old Man
Dylan Smith
Trapper Jack
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Total Recall
Ryan Findley
Trapper Dame
Also in
Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers
Grimm
Manuel Rodriguez
Trapper Bill
Also in
Art Prison
Patrick D. Green
Russian Trapper
Also in
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Contactee
Kelly Reichardt Director · Jonathan Raymond Screenplay William Tyler Composer
Worldwide gross $101K · Budget $2M · United States release March 6, 2020
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$101,068
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
filmscience
Production
A24
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · August 30, 2019
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · March 6, 2020
Limited theatrical · New York City, NY & Los Angeles, CA
United States · July 10, 2020
Digital
United States
September 28, 2019 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
March 13, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Limited expansion
September 8, 2020 · Physical · Blu-ray
Australia
August 6, 2020 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival (Virtual)
April 29, 2021 · Theatrical
October 4, 2021 · Physical
Brazil
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
Canada
March 13, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Toronto, Ontario
Czechia
June 10, 2021 · Theatrical
Finland
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
March 11, 2022 · Theatrical
France
September 7, 2020 · Premiere · Deauville American Film Festival
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
October 27, 2021 · Theatrical
Germany
February 22, 2020 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
November 18, 2021 · Theatrical
May 30, 2024 · TV · SRF (Delikatessen)
Greece
November 4, 2020 · Premiere · 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival
July 22, 2021 · Theatrical
September 23, 2021 · TV · Nova
India
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
Ireland
May 28, 2021 · Theatrical
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
Italy
July 10, 2020 · Digital
Japan
December 22, 2023 · Theatrical
Norway
March 6, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Philippines
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
Poland
November 5, 2020 · Digital
Portugal
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical
November 9, 2026 · Premiere · LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival
South Korea
October 21, 2020 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
November 4, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
November 26, 2020 · Premiere · Gijón International Film Festival
May 21, 2021 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 7, 2021 · Theatrical
Türkiye
July 9, 2021 · Digital · MUBI
United Kingdom
May 28, 2021 · Theatrical
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