Description: In this retelling of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film and play "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant," Peter Von Kant is a successful, famous director who lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means who he offers to to help break into cinema. [Strand Releasing]