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Post Mortem

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Director(s)	Pablo Larraín
Release Date	2010
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	98 min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

“[B]egins as a deadpan comedy and ends as a harrowing tragedy.” -Manohla Dargis, the New York Times

A literal and figurative dissection of his country’s turbulent contemporary history, Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s third feature is another highly original, darkly comic mix of the personal and the political from the director of Tony Manero (NYFF 2008).

Set in 1973 in the last days of Salvador Allende’s presidency, the film stars Tony Manero lead Alfredo Castro (here sporting a mane of long, whitish-blond hair) as Mario, an autopsy recorder who frequents a seedy burlesque hall where his neighbor, Nancy, is one of the dancers. Infatuated from afar, he finally works up the courage to visit her dressing room, and finds his affections if not exactly returned, at least entertained. As Mario haphazardly tries to woo Nancy away from her Popular Front boyfriend, Chile descends into chaos around them, until Mario finds himself an unwitting first-person witness to the grim face of violent social change.

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Last Updated On:	October 20, 2010