MUBI is ecstatic to take you on a surreal new adventure with indefatigable globetrotting auteur, Werner Herzog. Filmed guerrilla-style in Japan, Herzog’s unique dramatization of the real phenomenon of renting family members and social stand-ins explores the uncanny essence of human relationships.
A rugged journey to the Siberian taiga, this absorbing documentary is a remarkable entry into Werner Herzog’s global explorations. Assembled by master editor Joe Bini and combined with Herzog’s marveling narration, Dmitry Vasyukov’s astonishing footage takes on a second life as ecstatic cinema.
Werner Herzog’s touching documentary portrait of the late, globetrotting writer Bruce Chatwin is the legendary director’s most personal film yet. Traveling to striking sites from Chatwin’s work, Herzog crafts a sublime tribute to a great artist and friend, and their shared quest for ecstatic truth.
