Sep 12, 2016 castro again starred in 2010s post mortem, an unnerving tale in which a somber morgue worker loses his mind in the aftermath of the military coup that unseated salvador allende. Just the films trailer along with several others for kino lorber releases and a stills gallery. Nominated for the golden lion at venice film festival 2010. Post mortem world premiered at the 2010 venice film festival. Post mortem is an uncompromising art film, and if dark knight or rogue one are your thing, its probably not for you.
We talk about why this film, while not as unenjoyable to watch as tony manero, still is difficult to watch, and its largely about the dislikeable protagonist mario played well by alfredo castro. The movies star, alfredo castro, watches nonplussed as the mounting. I was mystified by a detail in larrain s post mortem. As in his acclaimed tony manero, young director pablo larrain finds an original key to revisit this bloody. Then, in 2012, there was no, a springheeled tale of the end of the. Against this terrifying and murderous backdrop post mortem tells the story of an apparently insignificant and charmless couple. It really is one for those who love mix of lavish cinematography combined with gritty realism that chilean cinema does so and larrain is truly becoming one of the masters of south american cinema. As repulsive as tony manero was, seeing it before post mortem allowed me to truly appreciate alfredo castros talent. The film was shot during october 2007 and received its world premiere in may 2008 in the directors fortnight in cannes. Thais channel is all about information on various type of topics and trends.
Post mortem, directed by pablo larrain and set in chile the new. Post mortem is a grim, intense, mordantly comic little film a. The film is considered to be the first entry in larrain s unintentional trilogy set during the pinochet era in chile. With alfredo castro, antonia zegers, jaime vadell, amparo noguera. Its being distributed by kino lorber incorporated and opens at the film forum in nyc on wednesday, april 11, 2012. After this movie, the next film from director larrain would be no, which in fact i only saw just months ago at my local arthouse theatre here in cincinnati. Chilean director pablo larrains films are political with an infused. Visit the films page at the kino lorber website to learn more. Post mortem is a grimly effective political allegory that, ultimately, overwhelms with horror of the deepest, most unshakeable kind. We talk about why this film, while not as unenjoyable to watch as tony manero, still is difficult to watch, and its largely about the dislikeable protagonist. Pablo larrain s followup to tony manero is another look at one mans psychosis set against a countrys political and moral turmoil. Post mortem is intentionally not an engaging movie.
Certain moments of national crisis, like the civil war or 911, are enshrined in amber with a kind of nostalgic sanctimony, while everything else is conveniently forgotten even as it happens, whether the curtailing of civil rights or wars. Post mortem is a film directed by pablo larrain with alfredo castro, antonia zegers, jaime vadell, marcelo alonso, year. Post mortem english subtitled the second part of director pablo larrain s celebrated trilogy about chile during the dictatorial reign of augusto pinochet, post mortem is a grim, intense, mordantly comic little film a. With the recent death of raul ruiz, chile has lost arguably its greatest ever director, albeit one who made the majority of his many films as an.
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. Larrain uses space in an extraordinary way, forcing the viewer to think about whats beyond the screen almost constantly. Post mortem is neither a reconstruction of the pinochet days, nor an angry denunciation of the period. The contains of this channel is original and created by professional editing and. Sep 05, 2010 but in many ways the real star of post mortem is the framing. Scott, new york times about a civil servant transformed by the 1973 military coup. Informace o filmu na drama, chile, nemecko, mexiko, 2010, 98 min. Rent post mortem 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Now in post mortem larrain steps back slightly further in time to the coup itself, seen through the eyes of a central character who is no less strange. The second part of director pablo larrain s celebrated trilogy about chile during the dictatorial reign of augusto pinochet, post mortem is a grim, intense, mordantly comic little film a.
Pablo larrain s followup to tony manero is another look at one mans psychosis set against a countrys political and moral turmoil here, a lonely morgue cle. Dec, 2016 catch pablo larrains tiff 16 film neruda at tiff bell lightbox starting friday, december 16 chronicling the inception, rise, and demise of augusto pinochets 17year dictatorship in the directors home country, pablo larrains chile trilogy announced the emergence of a major auteur. Not for the weakhearted, his films are straightforward, generally aggressive and interspersed with violence. Mario, 55, works in a morgue typing autopsy reports. Whereas post mortem focuses the beginnings of the pinochet regime, no focuses on its waning days.
Post mortem opens on wednesday at film forum a couple of years after its initial festival run. In 2007 pablo larrain made his second feature film, tony manero, written by larrain together with alfredo castro and mateo iribarren. It is the door to manero, and like it, it becomes a dive into the darkest recesses of the human spirit, unleashed and. Again, ill leave the technical description and terms to people who know what the hell theyre talking about, but he has presented this in an unusual looking squashed aspect ratio. Post mortem sees him take a very unusual stylistic approach to this particular story, set during the 1973 military coup which saw augusto pinochet assume power. I believe that sometimes ot is a little too slow and monotone to really involve the viewers, and the characters are mot so engaging. 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. The leading role was again for alfredo castro, this time as the mortuary worker mario with his deadpan face. Rent post mortem 2010 starring alfredo castro and antonia zegers on dvd and bluray. Post mortem builds gradually but once the revolution invades the lives of mario and nancy the film never loses pace. Instead, larrain offers a borderlinesurreal lynchian black comedy to show, among other things, how easy it is for ordinary people to sleepwalk into a climate of atrocity, either as victims, collaborators, or as both. A look back at larrains trio of films about the pinochet regime.
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. In the midst of the 1973 military coup that left pinochet in charge of chile, as bodies are piling up in the morgue, he fantasises about his neighbour nancy, a cabaret dancer, who mysteriously disappears. Apr 11, 2012 the chaotic, thunderous birth moments of this dark and deeply corrupt period in chiles latemodern history provide the setting for the writerdirectors latest feature, post mortem, a comically dour love storycumallegory of political madness that debuted at the 2010 venice film festival. How pablo larrains post mortem turns history into horror indiewire. Post mortem, directed by pablo larrain and set in chile. The second part of director pablo larrains celebrated trilogy about chile. Proving himself to be one of the most sardonic voices currently working in cinema, chilean auteur pablo larrain returns to familiar stomping grounds after the success of his brilliant film tony manero, with post mortem, a chilly nightmare documenting the onset of the 1973 chilean military coup. And larrain sometimes overplays the existential anguish, notably during a few scenes of joyless, mechanical sexual release.
For most of his career, larrain has been wrestling with the ghost of pinochet. Post mortem 2010 antonia zegers and alfredo castro in post mortem 2010 post mortem. Why jackie director pablo larrain is chiles filmmaker. Mar 17, 2016 the clubs alfredo castro, in larrains 2010 film post mortem. For chileans, post mortem will be a far bitterer pill than its predecessor, because it shows the violence of the coup in explicit detail and in particular the death of allende. May 04, 2017 join us pete wright and andy nelson as we continue our pablo larrains unintentional trilogy series with his 2010 film post mortem. How pablo larrains post mortem turns history into horror. They paint a hardhitting portrait of his country, chile, notably in a. When it happens suddenly, it is assumed that there will be an investigation, as seen in popular television crime. Post mortem is only larrans second feature, but he has already proven a distinct stylean unmistakable deadpanand an interest in political and personal utopias. Post mortem is the the coups grim witness, its eyes set on the first few days of terror, the solitary streets, the fear, the ominous green military uniforms everywhere. A chileanmexicangerman coproduction, post mortem is chilean director pablo larrains second feature film involving chiles 1973 coup detat marking the transition between the final days of salvador allendes presidency and the beginning of the military dictatorship by augusto pinochet.
Post mortem a film by pablo larrain 2010 chilemexicogermany color 98 mins. Pablo larrains post mortem takes place in chile around the time of the 1973 military coup that overthrew former president salvador allende and inaugurated a 17year dictatorship. Larrain crafts post mortem as a slow, quiet character study, narrowing in on castro in his home and office while the world outside descends into madness. Larrains next film in the series, post mortem, centers on a coroners assistant during the days of 1973 coup that brought pinochet to power. 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. The films main character mario cornejo is based on a real person with the same name. Post mortem is an interesting film swinging between horror and political realism, an original way to talk about a true reality like it is a dark nightmare. Neruda is a 2016 internationally coproduced biographical drama film directed by pablo larrain. This odd, atmospheric film about a mortuary attendant set during the chilean coup in.
In 2010s post mortem, a morgue assistant deals with the corpses left by the 1973 coup against president salvador allende. The film competed in the 67th venice international film festival, antofagasta film festival, havana film festival and the guadalajara international film festival. 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. Pablo larrain, like the dardenne brothers, will bore the hell out of you for long stretches of the films running time, but when the critical moments come, oh boy do they come. Castro again starred in 2010s post mortem, an unnerving tale in which a somber morgue worker loses his mind in the aftermath of the military coup that unseated salvador allende. Mixing history and fiction, the film shows the dramatic events of the brutal suppression of communists in chile in 1948 and how the poet pablo neruda had to go on the run, eventually escaping on horseback over the andes. Post mortem is a 2010 chilean film directed by pablo larrain and set during the 1973 military coup that overthrew former president salvador allende. Tony manero 2008 was especially successful at international film festivals for its chilean director pablo larrain. The movie premiered at the venice film festival in 2010. Best film, best actor alfredo castro, best photography sergio armstrong.
Although writerdirector pablo larrain has set the film very. Apr 09, 2012 how pablo larrain s post mortem turns history into horror. As a young man ruiz was at the forefront of chilean cinemas most exciting period, in the late 1960s and early 70s, and was even the socialist partys film advisor during salvador allendes brief presidency. Post mortem again for the first time since i saw it at the venice film festival. This odd, atmospheric film about a mortuary attendant set during the chilean coup in 1973 is an eerie portrait of a disturbing time.