2023-09-09 23:25:00
Augusto Pinochet is a vampire and you need an accountant to fix your numbers. That’s part of the plot Count, a film by Chilean Pablo Larrraín that just been awarded for her screenplay at the 80th Venice Film Festival. The recognition takes on greater weight a few days before the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile.
The script of the film, which it is allowed to make a satire with the dictator, It was made between the director and Guillermo Calderón. With a black and white aesthetic, Count promotes justice and collective memory.
Upon receiving the award, Larraín expressed his solidarity with the scriptwriters and the work they do and ended his speech with a firm “no to impunity”. In addition, he appreciated the collaboration of Calderón with whom he also worked on Neruda y The club.
What is “The Count” regarding?
Count tells a story in which Augusto Pinochet is a 250-year-old vampire who does not want the world to remember him as a thief and renounces eternal life to return to the world of the living.
The vampire Pinochet, played by Jaime Vadell, lives with his family in a ruined mansion and during his long life he experienced several historical events such as, for example, the French Revolution.
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“The political is always implicit in a story, in a story, be it a comedy or even science fiction. Cinema can never be apolitical,” Larraín told Deadline, before landing at the Venice Film Festival.
Larraín was the only Latin director in competition for the Golden Lion this year and regarding his film he said that he chose to portray Pinochet as a vampire in order to show his impunity and his shadowy presence in the collective memory.
The film can be seen on Netflix starting September 15. It was produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, through Fácula, the Chilean production company founded by the two brothers to develop productions for film and television.
Fácula was behind Larraín’s films filmed in Chile such as the acclaimed a fantastic woman, directed by Sebastián Lelio; and the biopics Spencer (with Kristen Stewart) and Jackie (con Natalie Portman).
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