El Conde

I … probably should have read a book about Pinochet before watching this. 

Writer/Director Pablo Lorraine’s previous flick Spencer was a beautiful and well written drama. It was also a miserable time. 

This shoots for some misery mixed with black comedy. And there were definetly a few lines that got to me. 

This is the best moment in the thing (so don’t read on if you don’t want to be spoiled) is that vampire Pinochet long believed to be dead frequently goes to the presidential palace expecting that sooner or later there will be a bust of him like all the other ex-presidents.

There never is. 

“They’re so petty.” 

But the middle section is a bore. It’s saved by a fun revelation and decent final chapter that pays off most everything Lorraine set up. 

This is an angry film and you can tell how much joy the filmmakers get from insulting their loathsome real life subjects. 

I’m not sure that this is a great film but it is a great warning to all the politicians, dictators and other vampires roaming the halls of power. 

Your evil does not go unseen and the artists will have the last word.