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Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Zeitgeist Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring
Bernard Giraudeau,
Malik Zidi,
Ludivine Sagnier,
and
Anna Levine
A 50 year old businessman falls in love with a boy of 19 in 70's Germany. They begin a love affair, but a difference of opinion ends their "we" status.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Francois Ozon
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Francois Ozon
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 21, 2001
Video: August 21, 2001
Theatrical: July 14, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French (with English subtitles) |
Original French title "Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes"

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90
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.

90
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
A brilliant satire of emotional politics.

88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
You can feel the world closing in, which, I would venture, is exactly how Fassbinder wanted you to feel.
88
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Through it all, Ozon supplies a sense of pathos that makes fun of its own soullessness, transforming a self-serious suicide note into an existential love letter.
80
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
The film is very theatrical and admittedly "staged," but always purposefully.

80
Chicago Reader
Fred Camper
It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

75
Boston Globe
Loren King
The film does not offer an optimistic view of relationships.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder's most memorable pictures.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.

75
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.
63
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
As much a curiosity piece as anything else.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The whole thing has the air of a parlor trick, but it's a good trick, beautifully acted.

60
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Mild as satire and completely unconvincing as tragicomedy.
50
New York Post
Hannah Brown
The static, claustrophobic movie is very much a filmed play.

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