Netflix Announces 'Once' ('Eleven'), New Chilean Film Directed by Pablo Larraín

The film will begin production in Chile during the second semester of 2026, and will follow eleven stories happening during the Chilean coup d’état on September 11, 1973.

• Netflix announced today Once, a new Chilean film produced by the audiovisual production company Fabula and directed by Pablo Larraín (El Conde, My Sad Dead)

• Written by Larraín and the also renowned Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón, the film marks the return of the celebrated director to Chilean cinema since his work on the acclaimed and award-winning 2023 film El Conde.

• Brief synopsis: Through eleven intertwined stories, the film follows the 18 hours in which the 1973 coup d’état unfolded, culminating in the bombing of the official government building,  La Moneda Palace, and the death of then-president Salvador Allende. 

• Cast: Marcelo Alonso, Octavia Bernasconi, Gabriel Cañas, Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Fernanda Finsterbusch, Alejandro Goic, Camila Milenka, Valentina Muhr, Marcial Tagle, Lukas Vergara.

• In this production, Pablo Larraín will work with Mexican director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman, Silence, Killers of the Flower Moon and Pedro Páramo) and VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson, regular collaborator of Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Tenet) for the first time. In addition, he is once again teaming up with the renowned Guy Hendrix Dyas as production designer, with whom he has already worked on some of his previous projects (Spencer, María).

Crew:

• Director: Pablo Larraín

• Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín & Rocío Jadue

• Executive producers: Alejandro Wise & Mariane Hartard

• Line producer: Jonathan Osorio

• Production designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas

• Director of photography: Rodrigo Prieto

• 1AD: Adriana Vior

• Production lead: Juan Navarrete

• Locations lead: Horacio Donoso

• Costume designer: Muriel Parra

• Makeup and hair: Carolina Fernández

• FX and prosthetics director: Tristán Versluis

• Supervisor de SFX: Gareth Wingrove & Scott Fisher

• Supervisor de VFX: Andrew Jackson

About Fabula Fabula SPA is an audiovisual production company founded in 2003 by brothers Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín Matte, with more than two decades of experience in film, television, advertising, and production services. The company has offices in Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Spain, and its catalog includes 44 feature films, 15 series, six audio series, and more than 900 commercials. Fabula has been recognized at prominent festivals and awards ceremonies. Among its accolades are: A Fantastic Woman, an Oscar winner; El Club, winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival; and La memoria infinita, winner of the Goya Award; as well as Academy Award nominations for No and the trilogy Jackie, Spencer, and María. In the realm of television, it has developed productions for various global platforms. It has also created fictional audio series such as Creepy Hunters and Batman Desenterrado. By 2026, Fabula will premiere the series The House of Spirits for Prime Video and an original miniseries for Netflix based on Mis muertos tristes.