Peter Von Kant
Superb performances…hugely cinematic.
Peter Von Kant
Opening this year’s Berlin Film Festival to critical acclaim, Francois Ozon’s retelling of Fassbinder’s classic, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT is now PETER VON KANT, starring Denis Menochet in the lead role and Isabelle Adjani as his muse Sidonie. 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… Ozon creates a tribute to the original and creates something completely his own.
“Its skewering of celebrity is mischievously enjoyable and its declaration of love for a queer-cinema forefather disarmingly sincere.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“Its skewering of celebrity is mischievously enjoyable and its declaration of love for a queer-cinema forefather disarmingly sincere.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Genre
Drama,
LGBTQ
Runtime
85
Language
French,
German
Director
François Ozon
Writer(s)
François Ozon,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Denis Ménochet,
Isabelle Adjani,
Khalil Ben Gharbia,
Hanna Schygulla,
Stefan Crepon,
Aminthe Audiard
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, Teddy Award ~ Best Feature Film, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, Audience Award ~ City of Donostia Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival
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David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Back in 1999, when François Ozon was still an audacious emerging voice in French cinema, he plucked an unproduced stage piece from the Rainer Werner Fassbinder files — written when the great German bad boy was just 19 — and made the cheeky satire of relationship dynamics, 'Water Drops on Burning ...
Played at
Royal 9.02.22 - 9.15.22
Glendale 9.02.22 - 9.08.22
Town Center 5 9.02.22 - 9.08.22
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