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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Francois Ozon
Directed by: Francois Ozon
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 14, 2000
DVD: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: France
Summary
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.
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What The Critics Said
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Village Voice J. Hoberman
A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
You can feel the world closing in, which, I would venture, is exactly how Fassbinder wanted you to feel.
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.
Film.com Ernest Hardy
The film is very theatrical and admittedly "staged," but always purposefully.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Fred Camper
It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Loren King
The film does not offer an optimistic view of relationships.
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder's most memorable pictures.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
As much a curiosity piece as anything else.
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The whole thing has the air of a parlor trick, but it's a good trick, beautifully acted.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Mild as satire and completely unconvincing as tragicomedy.
New York Post Hannah Brown
The static, claustrophobic movie is very much a filmed play.
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