Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

All men dream, but not equally...

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2017 / 62min.

Rating2

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.

Directors

Actors

Willem Dafoe

Chloë Sevigny

Michael Peña

Michael Shannon

Brad Dourif

Udo Kier

Grace Zabriskie

Werner Herzog

Gabriel Pimentel

Candice Coke

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