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Director:

François Ozon

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
François Ozon (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

15 March 2000 (France) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

In the 70s Germany, a 50 year old businessman falls in love with a 20 year old boy. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

More bitter tears... more (30 total)


Cast

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Bernard Giraudeau ... Léopold
Malik Zidi ... Franz
Ludivine Sagnier ... Anna
Anna Levine ... Véra (as Anna Thomson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Water Drops on Burning Rocks (International: English title)
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Runtime:

90 min | Canada:82 min (video version)

Country:

France

Language:

French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Based on a play written by famous film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder when he was only 19. more

Soundtrack:

Zadok the priest more


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More bitter tears..., 18 March 2008
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Author: Martin Bradley (MOscarbradley@aol.com) from Derry, Ireland

Francois Ozon's film version of Fassbinder's play is like another more slightly surreal, very blackly comic version of "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant", played out this time mostly by men. Fifty year old Leo picks up twenty year old Franz and brings him home for the night. Franz stays, becoming his lover, his houseboy but mostly his slave. There are only two other characters in this slight, stage-bound piece; Anna, Franz's vacuous former girlfriend and Vera, Leo's former transsexual lover.

Fundamentally it's about love, of the destructive, unwholesome kind maybe, but love nevertheless. Whatever hold Leo has over Franz, (and Vera), they both love him though it could hardly be said that it is reciprocated. Leo is very much the master and everyone else is his slave. Whether he is capable of love is debatable.

Ozon makes the piece both erotic and humorous but it is never quite as touching as it ought to be. All four players give good performances with Malik Zidi quietly outstanding as the boy.

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