First Cow at Triskel Cinema
First Cow (12A) [F-Rated]
122 mins – United States 2019 – Dir: Kelly Reichard
Starring: John Magaro, Orion Lee and Toby Jones
Award-winning director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) returns with the eagerly awaited First Cow, a gripping and glorious story of friendship and petty crime in the Old West.
A taciturn loner and skilled cook (John Magaro) has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful but precarious cake-making business, the longevity of which is reliant upon the clandestine participation of a wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow – the very first, and only, in the territory.
With this simple premise, Reichardt paints an authentic portrait of harsh frontier life in the early nineteenth century, depicting the immense, unsettling quietude of rural America and interrogating the very foundations on which the country was built.
Combining sumptuous cinematography with a gently melancholic tale of pilfered dairy, sweet cakes and old-fashioned camaraderie, First Cow is the celebrated magnum opus of one of cinema’s most vital independent filmmakers.
“This touching take on friendship illustrates how integral it is to human happiness and perhaps even survival” The List
Sat 19 June | Fri 25 June | Sat 26 June | Sun 27 June | Sat 10 July |
7.30pm | 7.30pm | 1.15pm | 12.50pm | 4.15pm |

Date and Time
Saturday Jun 19, 2021 Saturday Jul 10, 2021
Saturday 19 June 7.30pm
Friday 25 June 7.30pm
Saturday 26 June 1.15pm
Sunday 27 June at 12.50pm
Saturday 10 July 4.15pm
Location
Triskel Cinema
Triskel Christchurch
Triskel Arts Centre
Tobin Street
Cork
Fees/Admission
Admission - €7-€10
Contact Information
triskelboxoffice@triskelartscentre.ie
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