Wild Horse Nine

Easter Island in 1973, shortly before the coup that toppled Salvador Allende, is the setting for Martin McDonagh's first film since The Banshees of Inisherin. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play Chris and Lee, longtime CIA partners sent from Santiago by their bureau chief (Steve Buscemi). The assignment starts to come apart when Chris grows close to two rebellious students, played by Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas. Tom Waits and Parker Posey round out the cast, and Carter Burwell, McDonagh's composer since In Bruges, wrote the score. The Searchlight Pictures release was shot among the moai of Rapa Nui and premiered in competition at Venice, where Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for best actor.