Two CIA agents, Easter Island, and Chile a few weeks before the Pinochet coup. Martin McDonagh, master of dark humor and sudden violence (In Bruges, 2008; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017; The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022), returns with another story about guilt, friendship, and the possibility of redemption.

Aging Chris, who is dying of cancer, and his protégé Lee are given an assignment that takes them from Santiago to the end of the world. There, their shared past slowly rises to the surface, and the political backdrop becomes merely a frame for the question of what they have done and whether they can forgive themselves.

The film premiered in competition at Venice, where John Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role as Chris, followed by screenings at Telluride and San Sebastián. Time Out describes it as a "bittersweet film about lonely, crumpled men facing their mortality," and The Hollywood Reporter as a "poignant, blood-soaked comedy about friendship" in which Malkovich and Rockwell make a perfect pair. Lee is played by Sam Rockwell, their boss by Steve Buscemi, and the film also features Tom Waits, Parker Posey, and Mariana Di Girolamo.

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