Exclusive interview with writer-director Pablo Larran and photographer Edward Lachman

El Conde is an anti-biopic of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (played by Jaime Vadell ) Director Pablo Larraín wanted to confront the way Pinochet’s terrible, violent regime continues to haunt his home country.

Edward Lachman brings his unique perspective on period photography to the film.

Lachman 's photography shifts in these scenes from gothic vampirism to relatively contemporary family satire.

The film references the darkest, most bizarre aspects of Pinochet ’s reign through surreal sequences.

The production design made by Rodrigo Bazaes really captures the decadence of this world.

Director Guillermo Lachman and director Pablo Larraín shot El Conde in Chile .

The film stars as a nun hired by Pinochet’s children to kill the man and settle his affairs.

The true breakout character is Carmencita , a nun (and accountant) who discovers a destiny of her own through interviews.