First Cow

In 1820s Oregon, Cookie, a lonely cook, meets King-Lu, a Chinese immigrant. Bound by desire to make a better life for themselves, they devise a small scheme to challenge the capitalist order taking shape around them. The arrival of a cow sets in motion a humanist fable about friendship, kindness, and compassion, one that reimagines the Western while questioning the ideals of the American Dream.

Duration: 122’
Production year: 2019
Country: US
Language: EN Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

17:00

São Jorge Cinema

Manoel de Oliveira Room

Berlin International Film Festival 2020
Locarno Film Festival 2020

Kelly Reichardt

Working within U.S. independent Cinema, critically acclaimed Kelly Reichardt (Miami, 1964) made her debut film, River of Grass, in 1994. In 2006, her feature film Old Joy won several awards and notably was the first American film to win the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Her next title, Wendy and Lucy (2008), was presented at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard section), and also nominated for Best Film and Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards. She then directed Meek’s Cutoff (2010) and Night Moves (2013), both presented at the Venice Film Festival and followed by Certain Women (2016), a female symphony, and First Cow (2019), a delicate western. Kelly Reichardt’s most recent film, The Mastermind (2025), a heist movie, premiered at Cannes Film Festival and was screened at last year’s edition of LEFFEST.