Wild Horse Nine
Martin McDonagh is coming off of the critical darling The Banshees of Inisherin with Wild Horse Nine. The director is partnering with Searchlight Pictures again after working with them on another critical darling, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. McDonagh writes and directs the film, which sports a cast that includes John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, with Tom Waits, and Parker Posey. Searchlight Pictures has just unveiled the new trailer for the film, which not only showcases more comedy but also proudly displays the praise that it has been receiving.
The official synopsis reads,
“Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.”
Producers on the film include McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Anita Overland.
International talent
Tom Waits is reunited with McDonagh, along with Rockwell, since their collaboration on Seven Psychopaths. Joining Waits on Wild Horse Nine is Mariana Di Girólamo, Ailín Salas and Paola Giannini. Giannini is known in Chilean cinema for her performances in films like Purasangre, in which she received a nomination for an Altazor Award. Salas is an Argentine actress who has appeared in film and TV productions in her native country, such as Luis Ortega’s Lulu, Boni Bonita, Abrir puertas y ventanas, and En terapia.
What did we think?
Our Chris Bumbray got to screen the film at TIFF and would add some praise to the pile with his 8/10 review, saying, “While it sounds like a thriller, Wild Horse Nine, like the rest of McDonagh’s work, is often hilarious. The laughter at the packed TIFF premiere screening was so loud that I missed some of Malkovich’s best lines, with the film giving him an acidly funny showcase that should put him in Oscar contention. Rockwell once again proves himself to be one of the screen’s most reactive presences, with him perfectly playing off Malkovich as Lee, who—in addition to Chris—also has to deal with a boozy, unfaithful wife back home (played by Parker Posey).”
Wild Horse Nine rides into theaters on November 6.
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