My Sad Dead

movie · Filming

Based on the work from Mariana Enriquez and directed by Pablo Larraín, My Sad Dead follows Ema, who can see and hear the dead. After her mother’s death, Ema receives an unexpected visit from her niece Julie, with whom she shares the same unsettling gift. With Julie’s return, family secrets and wounds that never fully healed will resurface —but so will a strange phenomenon from which no one will emerge unscathed. The entire neighborhood will sense presences and hear the distinctive sounds of their own dead.

Timeline

• 2026-09-19 — Release date set: Release date set to 2026-09-19

Also confirmed: Casting, Director attached, Filming started, Writer attached.

Cast & crew

Pablo Larraín · Luz Jiménez · Carolina Sánchez Álvarez · Germán de Silva · Anastasia Ayazi de Marchi · Dolores Fonzi · Guillermo Calderón · Carlos Donoso · Mercedes Morán · Alejandra Flechner · Carlos Portaluppi