Larrain imagines Pinochet as a still-alive vampire in this darkly comic if sometimes absurd take on tackling national historical trauma—it doesn’t work that convincingly but one can admire the conceptual vision.

Visually and aurally invigorating and mesmerising, yet challenging for viewers to connect with its titular character, Larrain’s latest may be a bold stylistic departure but is arguably his weakest effort in a long while.    

This strong early effort by Chilean director Pablo Larrain is one of his edgiest character studies on nihilism and pop culture obsession in the context of political oppression.

Intentionally shot in drab lighting and colour, Larrain’s follow-up to ‘Tony Manero‘ may be lacking in genuine emotions, but is unsettling and clinical.

A dramatization of Chile’s 1988 historical referendum through the eyes of a campaigning ad executive with quite impressive blending of archival footage and period detail.