Pablo Larraín Praises Netflix For Backing ‘El Conde’ & Supporting “Bold And Unique” Chilean Cinema: “We Shouldn’t Take That For Granted” — Venice
deadline.comChilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín returns to Venice this evening with his latest pic El Conde, a black-and-white satire of dictator Augusto Pinochet, which he co-wrote and directed for Netflix.
The pic is his first direct movie for a streamer. “It’s important that Netflix has supported a movie like this that is bold and unique,” Larraín said of the streamer during the film’s official press conference on the Lido this afternoon. “It’s not only the support for this movie but also the support for Chilean cinema, which can speak to the world and has the skills to do it and make valuable cinematic elements that can travel to multiple societies.” Larraín later added: “We shouldn’t take that for granted.
It’s important and relevant because today with the world changing so fast having Netflix doing that is quite important.” Starring his regular on-screen collaborators like Alfredo Castro and Amparo Noguera, El Conde is set in a parallel universe where fascist Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet exists as a vampire.
After being ousted from power, Pinochet is now hidden in a ruined mansion on the cold southern tip of the continent. He has decided to stop drinking blood and abandon the privilege of eternal life.
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