El Conde (2023)

Original title

El conde

Directed by

Pablo Larraín

Genre

comedy film, vampire film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 358 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fictional portrait of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire who wants to die. The film follows his family's scheming as he considers ending his immortality.

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What happens

El Conde (lit. 'The Count') is a 2023 Chilean black comedy horror film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Larraín and Guillermo Calderón. It is a satire that portrays Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire seeking death. The film stars Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, and Paula Luchsinger. El Conde premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 31 August 2023 where it won the best Screenplay Award. It was released on Netflix on 15 September 2023, four days after the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d'etat, in which Pinochet seized power. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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