Film Festival Reviews. Part 12.
This is the last one! Finally!
The Countess
After her husband dies, Countess something-or-other falls in love with a young nobleman. Several important and power
hungry men drive them apart, and trick her into believing she’s been abandoned. So naturally, she goes mental and
starts killing innocent girls by the hundreds.
On the surface, this movie is a violent costume drama, but below
that it’s so much more. Most of the story is told by a more or less unreliable
narrator (he retells the story as it was told to him), which leaves a lot of puzzling up to the audience.
Since this was established early on and done in a credible fashion, I really enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, they
chose to be extremely explicit about the resolution towards the end of the movie, and that took away some of the fun
and mystery of the movie.
I probably wouldn’t watch it again (perhaps just once..), but I really enjoyed the
first see-through.
Best part: A very iconic scene at the start of the movie where we get to see the Count standing on top of a pile of
dead soldiers.
Worst part: The very last scene of the ending..
Score: 4/5
