THE COUNT
El Conde
Friday, Sept 13 at 7:15 PM
The Cinematheque
Director: Pablo Larraín
Chile | 2023 | Spanish with English subtitles | 110 min | Comedy, Horror
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A parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, is 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.
En un universo paralelo el dictador chileno Augusto Pinochet, símbolo del fascismo mundial, no sólo no está muerto sino que sobrevive como vampiro recluido en una mansión abandonada en el gélido extremo sur del continente, saciando su apetito de maldad para subsistir. Aunque tras 250 años de rutina sanguinaria, decide dejar de alimentarse de víctimas y renunciar a la vida eterna como vampiro. Pinochet, harto de ser recordado como ladrón deplorable y también de unos descendientes arribistas y decepcionantes, busca motivación para seguir adelante en una relación inesperada, pero esta vez con una vida de pasión contrarrevolucionaria.
“The Chilean director’s Netflix feature is political farce as darkly funny vampire horror, offering an inventive take on why despots keep sinking their fangs into the world.”
-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Nominated to Best Cinematography at the Academy Awards (Oscars), 2024
Best Script, Venice International Film Festival, Italy, 2023
Best Art Direction, Platino Awards, Mexico, 2024

PABLO LARRAÍN
Pablo Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), El Club (2015), NO (2012), among others. Together with his brother Juan de Dios Larraín, they founded Fabula in 2004, one of the most prolific production companies in Latin America.