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Herzog's 'Bucking Fastard' is a weird take on independence

Rooney Mara and Kate Mara play twins in Werner Herzog's Golden Lion-nominated comedy, which runs 109 minutes; critics call it deeply weird until its enigmatic ending.

Photo: Werner Herzog
Photo: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWerner Herzog is back in narrative film with Bucking Fastard, and in it, twins who insist on doing everything together cannot open a can of sardines.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRooney Mara and Kate Mara play them, real sisters, so the casting call was one phone call.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHerzog drew on British twins Freda and Greta Chaplin, who needed professional intervention to separate. The title comes from a simultaneous slip of the tongue.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA slip of the tongue, both of them, same second. That's the only duet where nobody was leading.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's up for the Golden Lion.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCritics split: one says it never yields much of a story, another calls it deeply weird until the enigmatic ending.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHundred and nine minutes, and not streaming on JustWatch's listing.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen the sardines remain sealed, and the Golden Lion will need two people to accept it.

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