News Summary

• The film stars real-life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara as nearly identical twins who speak, move, and desire in lockstep unison.
• Herzog shot the film in February 2025 in both Ireland and inside a famed tourist-attraction cave in Slovenia, complete with a jaunty train car ride.
• The film was originally invited to play out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, an offering Herzog rejected because he wanted to give his stellar actresses a chance to win prizes.
• But there’s no bad blood with the festival, and now “Bucking Fastard” can compete for the panel of Venice jurors led by Maggie Gyllenhaal.