Post Mortem (2010)

dir: Pablo Larraín

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. (descr.: IMDb)

Cast:

Marcelo Alonso Víctor
Alfredo Castro Mario
Amparo Noguera Sandra
Jaime Vadell Dr. Castillo
Antonia Zegers Nancy Puelma

mark-jenkins added a review of Post Mortem

Post Mortem is - intentionally - not an engaging movie. And Larrain sometimes overplays the existential anguish, notably during a few scenes of joyless, mechanical sexual release. Read the review

mark-jenkins rated Post Mortem

7 stars

va-musetto added a review of Post Mortem

Pablo Larraín and Alfredo Castro - the director and star, respectively, of the acclaimed Chilean black comedy "Tony Manero" (2008) - reunite in the chilling Post Mortem. Read the review

va-musetto rated Post Mortem

8 stars

noel-murray added a review of Post Mortem

Larrain crafts Post Mortem as a slow, quiet character study, narrowing in on Castro in his home and office while the world outside descends into madness. Read the review

noel-murray rated Post Mortem

9 stars

stephanie-zacharek-movieline added a review of Post Mortem

Rather than rushing to determine the cause of death – of love, or of a country -- it stubbornly keeps listening for a heartbeat, even though there may not be one. Read the review

stephanie-zacharek-movieline rated Post Mortem

8 stars

david-fear added a review of Post Mortem

With his sophomore feature, "Tony Manero" (2008), filmmaker Pablo Larraín gave us both a memorably maniacal main character and a black-joke metaphor about the free-floating psychosis waft... Read the review

david-fear rated Post Mortem

6 stars

ao-scott added a review of Post Mortem

The sweep and energy of historical drama are notably missing from this grim, intense, mordantly comic little film. Read the review

ao-scott rated Post Mortem

6 stars

melissa-anderson added a review of Post Mortem

Often drolly, coolly morbid, Post Mortem also operates just as effectively in a more nakedly direct register. Read the review

melissa-anderson rated Post Mortem

7 stars

eric-kohn added a review of Post Mortem

Post Mortem portrays the specter of dictatorship through the lens of one man's private hell. Read the review

eric-kohn rated Post Mortem

9 stars

nick-schager-slant-magazine added a review of Post Mortem

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 brut... Read the review

nick-schager-slant-magazine rated Post Mortem

7 stars

tom-dawson added a review of Post Mortem

This is a chilling portrayal of a deeply unsympathetic protagonist. Read the review

tom-dawson rated Post Mortem

8 stars