Kelly Reichardt’s beautiful and atmospheric peak into early frontier life in Midwestern America is an ode to the sensitivity and bond between men amongst the hardships of survival within the wilderness.
Two men, Cookie and King Lu, cross paths at an settlement in Oregon where they forge a partnership in selling baking goods in hopes of starting a new life. However their plan is hitched onto the milk of a lone cow owned by a wealthy landowner from England.
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