Could a brilliant composer's music actually be killing his loved ones? Eliseo can't help but believe it when his younger sister dies tragically and then his pianist Georgina suddenly dies on the piano. Completely traumatized, Eliseo is taken to a mental hospital where he can find escape only through music.
Direction
Larraín's debut already shows his signature unsettling formal precision.
Score
The fictional compositions haunt; music becomes character and killer.
Acting
Vicuña's trembling intensity makes delusion dangerously seductive.
Director
Pablo Larraín
Benjamín Vicuña
Eliseo Montalbán
Gastón Pauls
Ricardo Coppa
Alfredo Castro
Claudio Leal
Francisca Imboden
Georgina
Héctor Noguera
Doctor Roth
María Izquierdo
Isidora Subercaseaux
Willy Semler
Aníbal Montalbán
Alejandro Trejo
Víctor Pacian
Marcial Tagle
Miguel Recabarren
Paulina Urrutia
Macarena Sancho
Luis Dubó
Dubó
José Soza
Carlitos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Larraín's first feature, shot for under $400,000, establishing the claustrophobic style he'd perfect in Spencer and Jackie.
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