The reviewers at The Hollywood Reporter's Italian partner publication give their hot takes on the hits and misses of the 80th Biennale.
“Larraín hovers above centuries of history and horror using vampires as the metaphor, indeed as the strongest weapon, which also means yielding to their fascination, at least in part. Buoyed by the inexhaustible vampire mythology , Larraín and his screenwriter Guillermo Calderón greedily dive their hands among Pinochet’s crimes true to a central idea.
“Evil is not only eternal, but it unites, it federates, it forces one to stand together even in hatred and oppression. It is not only the weapon, it is also the strongest drug. That’s whynever ceases to oscillate between fascination and repulsion. On the one hand, the lightness of the flight scenes. On the other, the heaviness of those drooping faces…”