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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: EL CONDE review
Description: In which the Mister and I check out EL CONDE (2023), which is still streaming on Netflix.  From director Pablo LarraÃn, with a script from Pablo LarraÃn and Guillermo Calderón, the film follows Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, from his humble beginnings as a French soldier in the 18th century, to turning into a vampire, to fleeing during the French Revolution (with Marie Anotinette's head!) and then starting a new life in South America where he ultimately takes over after a coup. Two hundred fifty years later and Augusto, also known as El Conde, is tired and has lost hi...