First Cow (2020) — Screenplay
A quiet cook and a Chinese immigrant build a business in the Oregon Territory, but their success depends on secretly milking a wealthy landowner's cow.
- Written by
- Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
- Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- A24
- Length
- 74 pages
Study this screenplay for its masterful restraint—the sparse dialogue and patient pacing build a world of quiet desperation. Its nuanced portrayal of an unlikely friendship against a backdrop of economic survival offers a fresh take on the frontier drama, making the tension feel both intimate and inevitable.
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