Pablo Larrain and ‘El Conde’ Cast Say Portraying Pinochet as a Vampire Is ‘Necessary’ Amid Global Right-Wing Resurgence

As Chile readies to mark 50 years since the Sept. 11 1973 coup by Augusto Pinochet Chilean auteur Pablo Larraín on Thursday was back in Venice – following “Spencer” in 2021 – with scathing satire “El Conde,” in which Pinochet, a symbol of global fascism, resurfaces as a 250-year old vampire living in a rundown […]
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