WILD HORSE NINE Special Screenings

WILD HORSE NINE

Martin McDonagh’s (IN BRUGES, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI) new film continues his exploration of the complexities of male friendship, this time between two CIA agents, Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell), who travel to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) shortly before the end of Salvador Allende’s government in 1970s Chile. Heavily involved in the preparations for the Pinochet-led military coup, the agents embark on a journey marked by regretful memories and multiple threats, including surveillance by their own institution and the silent, looming presence of death. 
McDonagh’s signature dark-comedy style delivers extremely hilarious dialogue, as well as a beautiful meditation on memory and guilt set against the stunning backdrop of the Moai sculptures and the political effervescence of Chile under Allende. The stellar cast is rounded out by Steve Buscemi as MJ, the local CIA boss; Tom Waits as Chris’s brother; and Mariana Di Girolamo (EMA) as an idealistic Chilean student who befriends Chris, helping him break through some of his emotional and professional barriers. Malkovich, in an endearingly nuanced and humorous turn, embodies Chris with a blend of sadness, selective memory loss, Catholic stubbornness about the afterlife and existential dread. –Natalia Ames

Martin McDonagh is a London-born filmmaker and playwright of Irish descent, best known for IN BRUGES (2008), SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012), THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (2017) and THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022). His honors include multiple Academy Award® nominations, six BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. 

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Screenings

October 24, 8:45 p.m.

Chinese 1

Details

Country: Chile

Year: 2026

Director: Martin McDonagh

Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh

Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh, Anita Overland

Executive Producers: Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden, Peter Kohn, Juan De Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín

Director of Photography: Ben Davis

Editor: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Production Designer: Denis Schnegg

Costume Designer: Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh

Music: Carter Burwell

Cast/Featuring: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey

Running Time (minutes): 118

Languages: English, Spanish

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