IS THE VICTIM AND VICTIMIZER AN ENDEMIC DUALITY IN THE HUMAN CONDITION? The film is a free adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder´s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, a play and a movie that refer to power relations in a triangular situation between women, and gave its director the international recognition he deserved … Continue reading
The queer French auteur François Ozon turns to a very English novel for the source of his latest bittersweet romance. Evidently, he read Aidan Chambers’s 1982 novel Dance on My Grave. when he was a teenager and this story of teen angst must have really resounded deeply with him that almost four decades later … Continue reading
French queer auteur François Ozon is always full of surprises . His prolific output of films has ranged from the very profound and serious to the outright camp, and never failing to delight even with his less successful films. He changes tack again with his latest movie an engrossing take on a-ripped-from-the-headlines story that … Continue reading
One of the (many) joys of watching a new film from French filmmaker François Ozon is that you are never sure what to expect as he so loves to switch it up when it comes to different genres. This time he has opted to make his first movie in German, and it is a costume drama … Continue reading
François Ozon means to grab your attention from the very first frame of this movie which shows a young bride in a wedding dress lying in a coffin surrounded by white roses and sobbing mourners. Standing besides David her husband is Claire who has been Laura’s best friend since childhood and she finishes her emotional … Continue reading