Set in 1989, the film tells the story of a wargame champion in Chile and his girfriend who are summering at a hotel and getting involved with a missing person and a mysterious couple.
Based on a noverl by Roberto Bolano called Third Reich, the game around which the plot revolves, the film is a look at memory, history, fascism and some other things. Its a film with a great deal on its mind.
Unfortunately I'm not sure if the film really works. The lead character is a bit of a nebish and too disconnected from reality to really care about. I don't think the film really nails the tone which occassionally has a humous edge that doesn't really work. On top of it all the direction keeps us distanced thanks to various tricks like split screen which instead of intensifying everything made me notice the trick.
While the film has some solid things going on inside the story, the presentation works against it.
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