Pablo Larrain's (Jackie/Neruda) latest from last year airing as a Netflix original. Positing the theory that the real former despot Augusto Pinochet, Jaime Vadell, was a vampire created during the reign of Marie Antoinette, we then follow him as he in later years while in exile w/his extended family pines for his own death as the prospect of continuing living as an immortal has soured him. Meanwhile his kids, only caring about what they have coming to them financially, each wonder when the proverbial boot of betrayal will drop when they hire a nun posing as a forensic accountant to put dear old dad out of his misery but the prospect of having this young blood around him (who is more fascinated than in fear) sets Vadell to go out at night, complete in military garb, to feed making him rethink his ultimate plans even though his loyal butler, Alfredo Castro, & familiar, himself a vampire, has his own agenda as well. Shot in glorious black & white (nominated for an Oscar this year) & gleefully embracing its 'what if'-ness makes this a thoroughly humorous viewing w/the precepts of history thrown in a blender which may confirm some beliefs from his countrymen as to the lineage of the tyrant.
