Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
All men dream, but not equally...
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.
Top Cast

Werner Herzog
as Self
Self

Michael Shannon
as Self
Self

Chloë Sevigny
as Self
Self
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