El Conde (The Count, Chilean; 2023) Director: Pablo Larraín The first thing the viewers notice at the movie's start is the ‘ fraktur ’ fonts used in the opening credits. As we know, this font is linked to the Neo-Nazi movement, Germanness and possibly Hitler himself. This movie can be classified as a cruel comedy depicting past Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, not only in a bad light but one with no redeemable features. He is portrayed as a true-blooded 250-year-old vampire from the 18th century. He is said to have been born French as a foot soldier to King Louis XIV. Escaping from the hullaballoo surrounding the French Revolution, he scoots off with Marie Antionette's guillotined head. He ends up in Chile in the 1930s after much gallivanting. Now, in the present time, after all the looting, killing and his trial, Pinochet wants to die, but he cannot as he is a vampire. He summons his wife and five children to a secluded island to plan his death. He, however, has an elabor...
It is all Mimesis