The Chilean dictator returns as a vampire - and his family's out for blood. But this alternative history, though entertaining, feels politically enigmatic After the ethereal, English-language Spencer, Chilean director Pablo Larraín returns home with this gothic monochrome alt-history, imagining murderous dictator General Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire. Having faked his death, Pinochet (Jaime Vadell), AKA El Conde, is hiding out in the crumbling grandeur of his Patagonian lair, hoping for...
El Conde review - Pinochet rises from the dead in Pablo Larraín's gothic horror
The Guardian - 10 Sep 2023 13:00
The Chilean dictator returns as a vampire - and his family's out for blood. But this alternative history, though entertaining, feels politically enigmatic After the ethereal, English-language Spencer, Chilean director Pablo Larraín returns home with this gothic monochrome alt-history, imagining murderous dictator General Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire. Having faked his death, Pinochet (Jaime Vadell), AKA El Conde, is hiding out in the crumbling grandeur of his Patagonian lair, hoping for...
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