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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
WRITTEN BY:	Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play) Francois Ozon
DIRECTED BY:	Francois Ozon
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: August 21, 2001 Video: August 21, 2001 Theatrical: July 14, 2000
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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Village Voice J. Hoberman

A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

A brilliant satire of emotional politics.

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.

Chicago Reader Fred Camper

It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.

San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham

This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.