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.
John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana Di Girolamo, Tom Waits, Parker Posey
UK/USA/Chile
2026
English
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden, Peter Kohn, Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh, Anita Overland
Screenwriter
Martin McDonagh
Cinematography
Ben Davis
Editor
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Production Design
Denis Schnegg
Original Music
Carter Burwell
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is an award-winning, London-born filmmaker and playwright of Irish descent. He first gained attention behind the camera with his Academy Award–winning short Six Shooter (2004), before going on to direct and write the critically acclaimed feature films In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). McDonagh has received widespread acclaim, including multiple Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay), six BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes.
Filmography: In Bruges (2008); Seven Psychopaths (2012); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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