Warning: This article contains spoilers forEl Conde.
“It’s challenging, because you want to face the character without creating empathy.
You want to venture to understand evil, and figure out a way to shoot it.
Jaime Videll as Augusto Pinochet in ‘El Conde.'.Credit: Pablo Larraín / Netflix
Larrain has already delved into the lives of other iconic historical figures.
His two English-language films, 2016’sJackieand 2021’sSpencer, were fascinating biopics of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Diana.
We should know that a fascist is not just someone who is yelling in German.
Pinochet’s children — played by (L to R) Antonia Zegers, Diego Muñóz, Catalina Guerra, Amparo Noguera, and Marcial Tagle — in ‘El Conde’.Pablo Larrain / Netflix
They can come in all different forms.”
In fact, she’s Pinochet’s vampiric mother.
“it’s possible for you to feel this patronizing attitude from politicians in Europe and the U.S.
Paula Luchsinger in ‘El Conde’.Pablo Larrain / Netflix
They act like they always have something to teach us,” Larrain says.
“We used to be a colony, and they still have this feeling of superiority that is exhausting.
So we had fun with that character.
At different points, we considered bringing in Kissinger or Nixon, who supported Pinochet.
Nixon was the one who said they should ‘make the economy scream’ in Chile.
I think that relationship is an interesting thing to observe.”
El Condeis streaming now on Netflix.
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