Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Adapted
from an unproduced play written by the great Rainer Werner Fassbinder at the
age of 19, Water Drops on Burning Rocks is set in Germany in the 1970s.
Leopold, a smug, still-hunky 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces fresh-faced,
carrot-topped 19-year-old Franz who swiftly moves into his bachelor pad. Their
cozy relationship soon sours as Leopold, a kind of gone-to-seed Dirk Bogarde,
turns cranky and argumentative. When Franz's buxom blond girlfriend surfaces,
and then Leopold's elegant and enigmatic ex, things get funnier, steamier and
a lot more complicated.
Art/Foreign and Drama. 1 hr. 30 min.
Not Rated.
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi and Ludivine Sagnier.
Directed by François Ozon.
Written by François Ozon and Rainer Werner Fassbinder .
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Reviews
IndieWIRE
"Water Drops on Burning Rocks is adapted from a play by a 19-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder. And judging by the adaptation by French filmmaker Francois Ozon, there is probably a reason why the acclaimed German director left the work unproduced: it's not very good."The New York Times
"Water Drops on Burning Rocks is a brilliant satire of emotional politics."
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