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Post Mortem (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Chile ( Latin America, Mexico )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Pablo Larraín

Written By:
Pablo Larraín

Actors:
Alfredo Castro ..... Mario
Antonia Zegers ..... Nancy Puelma
Amparo Noguera ..... Sandra
Jaime Vadell ..... Dr. Castillo
Marcelo Alonso ..... Víctor
Santiago Graffigna ..... Lt. Davenport
Ernesto Malbran
Steve Nave
Aldo Parodi
Marcial Tagle

Synopsis:

55-year-old Mario works in a morgue typing autopsy reports. In the midst of the 1973 Chilean coup, he fantasises about his neighbour, a cabaret dancer, Nancy, who mysteriously disappears on September the 11th. After a violent army raid on her family's home, he hears about the arrest of her brother and father, a prominent Communist and Salvador Allende supporter. Troubled and spurred on by the thought of losing his would-be lover, Mario begins his frantic search for Nancy. Allende's government has been overthrown and people are dying in the streets. The Chilean Army seizes the morgue and numerous corpses pile up, but Mario can't get his mind off of Nancy. He carries out his job, thinking that he might find her among the dead, and one night...

Following the remarkable and critically-acclaimed Tony Manero, multiple award-winning director Pablo Larraín returns to the 'sealed box' of Chile during one of its darkest periods - 1973's military coup. Against this terrifying and murderous backdrop Post Mortem tells the story of an apparently insignificant and charmless couple whose poignant relationship is played out amid the death and destruction that results from military ideals imposed with no care for their cost or consequences. Employing a still, dream-like cinematography, Larraín weaves a complex and poetic tale from this terrifyingly tragic situation which affected an entire country and still resonates to this day.

Mario, 55, works in a morgue typing autopsy reports. In the midst of the 1973 Chilean coup, he fantasizes about his neighbor Nancy, a cabaret dancer, who mysteriously disappears on September the 11th. After a violent Army raid on her family's home, he hears about the arrest of her brother and father, a prominent Communist and Salvador Allende supporter. Troubled and madly passionate over the loss of his would-be lover, Mario begins his frantic search for Nancy.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.

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