El Conde, the latest film by acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Spencer) will have a limited theatrical release starting Friday, September 8 in select theaters in the United States, before premiering on Netflix on September 15. The Paris Theater in New York City will be holding a special free screening on Friday, September 8, followed by a Q&A with legendary Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ed Lachman. Sign up here for the complimentary tickets.
El Conde, which just had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival during the last week, 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.
Starring Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, and Paula Luchsinger, the film has been getting strong reviews: "A fiercely original genre outing... fun, bloody and ambitiously centuries-spanning” wrote Tomris Laffly for The Wrap, while David Rooney from The Hollywood Reporter called it “as visually intoxicating and atmospheric as it is provocative.”
