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BUCKING FASTARD

Fiction Shortlist 2027 • 1h 48m

Ireland, United States, Slovenia
2026 | 109 min. | Fiction

BUCKING FASTARD is about two sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke, who are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Produced by: Clara Wu Tsai, Ariel Isacovitch, Agnes Chu, Jack Riccobono
Cinematography: Peter Zeitlinger
Editing: Marco Capalbo
Production Design: Derek Wallace
Costume Design: Maeve Paterson
Make-Up & Hair: Lynn Johnston, Lorraine Glynn
Original Score: Ernst Reijseger
Sound: Mark Mangini
Casting: Maureen Hughes
Cast: Kate Mara (Jean Holbrooke), Rooney Mara (Joan Holbrooke), Orlando Bloom (Gareth Mulroney), Domhnall Gleeson (Timothy)

Production:
Providence Road Entertainment
http://www.providenceroadentertainment.com

World Sales:
Hanway Films

Press/social media agency:
Hanway Films

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