Chilean cinema has carved out a reputation for political daring and formal invention, from the radical films of the Allende era to Pablo Larraín's corrosive portraits of dictatorship. El Conde (2023) is a fine example: a pitch-black satire that reimagines Pinochet as an immortal vampire. See what Macca made of Chile's films below.
Rating: 3.5★
There's a moment early in Ema where the camera just sits with its subject as she moves through a neon-lit Santiago street, reggaeton thumping beneath her, and you realise you're not going to be given any easy way into this woman. She's magnetic
Genre Animation
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Genre Drama
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Genre Drama
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Genre Fantasy
★★★ — El Conde (2023)
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