Synopsis
In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
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Cast
- Alfredo CastroMario Cornejo
- Antonia ZegersNancy Puelma
- Jaime VadellDr. Castillo
- Amparo NogueraSandra
- Marcelo AlonsoVíctor
- Marcial TagleCaptain Montes
- Claudia di GirólamoMarta Puelma
- Luis GneccoTato
- Aldo ParodiPato
- Ernesto MalbránArturo Puelma
Recommendations
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Variety
Pablo Larrain's breathtaking visual command makes for enthralling viewing in Post Mortem, a rigorous, formally controlled yet emotionally gripping drama set during Chile's bloody 1973 military coup. - 83
IndieWire
Post Mortem portrays the specter of dictatorship through the lens of one man's private hell. - 80
Empire
A sometimes shocking, often moving journey through a blood-stained corner of the past. Like Costa Gavras's "Missing" through the eyes of an everyday Chilean. - 80
The Guardian
With its pale, washed-out colour palette, its eerily slow, almost somnambulist pacing and occasionally bizarre emotional demonstrations, Post Mortem is strangely gripping. - 80
Total Film
This is a chilling portrayal of a deeply unsympathetic protagonist. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Intriguing but understated. - 70
Village Voice
Often drolly, coolly morbid, Post Mortem also operates just as effectively in a more nakedly direct register. - 63
Slant Magazine
Pablo Larraín employs ultra-widescreen cinematography for constricting close-ups and inhospitably alienating compositions that generate a nasty chill, the director keeping the army's brutality off screen to amplify a sense of oppressive malevolence.
