THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT - Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Rebel of German Cinema

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Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Tue, Jun 4 7:30 PM

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Rebel of German Cinema
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

Tuesday, June 4th at 7:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
In the early 1970s, Fassbinder discovered the American melodramas of Douglas Sirk and was inspired to begin working in a new, more intensely emotional register. One of the best-loved films of this period in his career, this unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla)—based on the director’s own obsession with a young actor—is a true Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by Michael Ballhaus and full-throttle performances by an all-female cast. (1972, 125 mins)