Post mortem is a 2010 chilean film directed by pablo larrain and set during the 1973 military coup that overthrew former president salvador allende, inaugurating the 17year dictatorship of augusto pinochet. Apr 11, 2012 chilean filmmaker pablo larrain tony manero was born in 1976, three years after the coup detat that toppled democratically elected socialist president salvador allende and ushered in the long, brutal regime of general augusto pinochet, whose chokehold on the south american nation lasted until 1990. Mario travaille a linstitut medicolegal, ou il redige les rapports dautopsie. Photo pablo larrain credit andrew cowieagence francepresse getty images. With alfredo castro, antonia zegers, jaime vadell, amparo noguera. Mario alfredo castro is a pathologists assistant in santiago who is responsible for noting down the. Less thin white duke than ashen nosferatu, castros sallow, lankhaired morgue assistant mario carnejo his name and occupation derived from those of an actual assistant who was present.
Apr 11, 2012 pablo larrains post mortem observes the political turmoil in chile, from the perspective of a morgue worker, after the 1973 military coup that overthrew the allende government. Mexican actor gael garcia bernal plays rene, an indemand advertising man working in chile in the late 1980s. There are angry crowds in the streets of the capital, santiago. The film was screened at the 2012 cannes film festival where it won the top prize in the directors fortnight section and it was selected as chiles bid for the foreign language oscar at the 85th academy award. Pablo larrains post mortem observes the political turmoil in chile, from the. He has directed seven feature films and codirected one television series, including the academy awardnominated films no 2012 and jackie 2016. Larrains first four films fuga, tony manero, post mortem, and no concern the present investigation. Preceded by tony manero and post mortem, no completes larrains satire trilogy about life under dictator pinochet. Set in santiagos grubby cantinas and crumbling cinemas in 1978 the year saturday night fever was released in chile and half a decade after pinochet seized power in a usbacked coup manero portrays a deadeyed survivor who. With his black comedies tony manero and post mortem filmmaker pablo larrain has quickly established himself as the dynamic new voice of chilean cinema. Post mortem, directed by pablo larrain and set in chile. His new films jackie and neruda follow protagonists trying to write their own histories in the midst of events over which they have no control. Dec, 2016 larrains use of etiolating light turns chile into a nation of wraiths in post mortem, a baleful allegory about the coup that deposed salvador allende in 1973. Trauma, male fantasies, and cultural capital in the films of pablo.
Post mortem 2010, in which a mortician castro perilously in love with a burlesque dancer is tasked with performing an autopsy on chilean president salvador allende. The film captures the advertising tactics in the political campaigns for the 1988 plebiscite, when the. In no, tagle portrays a cameraman with whom saavedra sometimes clashes. Mar 03, 2017 pablo larrain may have just set a world record. Reviewing the present in pablo larrains historical cinema jstor. Born in santiago in 1976, pablo larrain is, along with sebastian lelio, chiles greatest movie director as well as a major producer through his fabula company. Antonia zegers and alfredo castro in post mortem 2010 post mortem 2010. Mario travaille a linstitut medicolegal, ou il retranscrit les rapports dautopsie.
Larrain was back with postmortem, another character study of a deviant personality, but set during the 1973 military coup that brought pinochet to power. He studied audiovisual communication at the university for the arts, sciences, and communication in. His third film no concludes the dictatorship trilogy, and like the earlier films delves into an aspect of chiles recent past through the eyes of a male protagonist. The second part of director pablo larrains celebrated trilogy about chile during the dictatorial reign of augusto pinochet, post mortem is a grim, intense, mordantly. A berlin, il fallait pourtant voir les journalistes pouffer et sesclaffer devant les passages les plus cocasses del club. The movie reconstructs the events surrounding the 1988 chilean referendum through the perspective of the fictional rene saavedra, an advertising executive hired to run a television campaign to end general augusto pinochets rule. Pablo larrains film about chilean democracy is simple and direct, heartfelt and involving. Chilean writerdirector pablo larrain has released seven feature. According to the hollywood reporter, the 40yearold chilean filmmaker is the first director to have three narrative features open in the united. Oscarnominated pablo larrain, talking about his latest film, no. Pablo larrain on his latest films, jackie and neruda.
No is a 2012 internationally coproduced historical drama film directed by pablo larrain. In chile, 1973, during the last days of salvador allendes presidency, an employee at a morgues recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears. New york times about a civil servant transformed by the 1973 military coup. The protagonists of tony manero 2008 and post mortem. Post mortem, directed by pablo larrain and set in chile the new. With his black comedies tony manero and post mortem filmmaker pablo larrain has quickly established himself as the dynamic.
The film competed in the 67th venice international film festival, antofagasta film festival, havana film festival and the guadalajara international film festival. No is a happy bookend to larrains dark post mortem. Not for the weakhearted, his films are straightforward, generally aggressive and interspersed with violence. Post mortem is a 2010 chilean film directed by pablo larrain and set during the 1973 military. Apr 30, 2015 pablo larrains no 2012 is a janusfaced film, documentation and interpretation. An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat augusto pinochet in chiles 1988 referendum. Pablo larrain matte was born on august 19, 1976 in santiago, chile, the son of law professor and later independent democrat union senator hernan larrain, and magdalena matte, sebastian pineras former minister of housing and urbanism. There was something very interesting and subversive about telling the story from the point of view of the advertising executive who created the campaign to oust pinochet. When i noticed that this movie is directed by pablo larrain more on that later, i immediately decided to pick this up.
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