Pinochet becomes a vampire in Chilean director Larrain's Venice entry 'El Conde'

The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "El Conde" in competition - Venice, Italy, August 31, 2023. Director Pablo Larrain looks on. REUTERS/Yara NardiVENICE, Aug 31 - Chilean director Pablo Larrain, known for his Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana dramas "Jackie" and "Spencer," chose General Augusto Pinochet as the subject of his latest film, "El Conde".

"Pinochet has never been filmed before, never been portrayed, whether in cinema or television," Larrain told a Venice press conference ahead of the NetflixThe filmmaker, who co-wrote the movie's screenplay, chose to tell the dictator's story as a gruesome black-and-white satire. During Pinochet's bloody 17-year dictatorship, 1,469 people were forcibly disappeared, and thousands more tortured as political prisoners, according to the Ministry of Justice, based on fact-finding by various commissions.

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