Herzog Premieres 7-Year Narrative Return 'Bucking Fastard' at Venice as Mara Sisters Play Tunnel-Digging Pair
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 3
Herzog Premieres 7-Year Narrative Return 'Bucking Fastard' at Venice as Mara Sisters Play Tunnel-Digging Pair
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 3
Summary
Werner Herzog unveiled "Bucking Fastard" at Venice, marking his first narrative feature in seven years and pairing Kate and Rooney Mara onscreen for the first time.
The film reworks the true story of Freda and Greta Chaplin—reclusive sisters known for speaking in unison—into present-day Ireland, where the pair become obsessed with tunneling from Ireland to Orkney.
Orlando Bloom plays a limousine driver who woos and betrays the sisters, setting off moves through Dublin and the countryside, with Domhnall Gleeson appearing along the way.
Reviewers described the 1-hour-49-minute film as funny, perplexing and structurally loose, with Herzog folding in caves, blind salamanders and a rescued fox before an ending that divides satisfaction and frustration.