Overview
Post Mortem is a 2010 Chilean drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and set during the 1973 military coup that overthrew former President Salvador Allende, inaugurating the 17-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The film competed in the 67th Venice International Film Festival, Antofagasta Film Festival, Havana Film Festival and the Guadalajara International Film Festival. The film's main character Mario Cornejo is based on a real person with the same name.
Plot
Mario (Alfredo Castro) works as a pathologist's assistant in Santiago, responsible for taking down the pathologist's commentary during post-mortems. The job has given him a grey, deathly appearance. During the military coup, Mario had a love affair with a show dancer named Nancy (Antonia Zegers), who lives across the street with her younger brother David and her father, a communist and Allende supporter. On the morning of September 11, the date of the coup, a military raid takes place in Nancy's house and her brother and father are arrested. Mario embarks on a frantic search for Nancy, who has disappeared, while also facing pressure from the military to hide the true causes of death of the bodies piling up in the morgue.
Cast
Alfredo Castro - Mario Cornejo
Antonia Zegers - Nancy Puelma (Bim Bam Bum dancer)
Jaime Vadell - Dr. Castillo
Amparo Noguera - Sandra
Marcelo Alonso - Victor
Marcial Tagle - Captain Montes
Santiago Graffigna - David Puelma
Ernesto Malbrán - Arturo Puelma
Aldo Parodi - Director of Bim Bam Bum
Adriano Castillo - comedian in Bim Bam Bum
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