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Two men sit on an airport bench in vintage clothing. One man has mutton chops and suspenders, the other a cowboy hat and a thick mustache. Behind them a plane is visible through the window, they lean in laughing together.

Wild Horse Nine

  Martin McDonagh  |  U.S., Chile

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.

From Oscar-nominated writer and director and Festival favorite Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, In Bruges) comes another sharply written and incisively political tale, filled with memorable performances, acerbic humor, and the dark side of human nature.

 English 

 118 minutes

Screenings & Events

Screening

Fri, Oct 16 @ 5:30pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06
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Screening

Sat, Oct 17 @ 11:30am

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06
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Festival passes can NOT be used for this screening.
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  • Open Captions
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Media

Film Credits

  • Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh, Anita Overland
  • Martin McDonagh
  • Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
  • Ben Davis
  • John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana Di Girolamo, Ailin Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey
  • Carter Burwell
  • Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden, Peter Kohn, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín
  • Blueprint Pictures, Film4

Sponsors

Comedy Program Partner

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Film Patrons

Charles Droege and Julie Wroblewski

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