Directed by Pablo Larraín (Spencer;
Jackie) and co-written with Guillermo Calderón,
El Conde reimagines Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) as a centuries old vampire who
seeks a way to end his immortality.
The film also stars Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Catalina Guerra,
Marcial Tagle, Amparo Noguera, Diego Muñoz
and Antonia Zegers.
"I have been imagining Pinochet as a vampire for years, as a being that
never stops circulating through history, through our imagination and our
nightmares," Larráin says. "Vampires don't die or disappear, nor do the crimes and thefts of a
dictator who never knew justice. The brutal impunity that Pinochet
represents had to be faced directly, showing him for the first time face
to face. To do so, we have used the language of satire and political
farce."
El Conde is in UK cinemas from September 8th and on Netflix
from September 15th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
El Conde is a dark comedy/horror that imagines a parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. The film portrays Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, as a vampire who lives hidden in a ruined mansion in the cold southern tip of the continent. Feeding his appetite for evil to sustain his existence. After two hundred and fifty years of life, Pinochet has decided to stop drinking blood and abandon the privilege of eternal life. He can no longer bear that the world remembers him as a thief. Despite the disappointing and opportunistic nature of his family, he finds new inspiration to continue living a life of vital and counterrevolutionary passion through an unexpected relationship.
