Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Scénaristes:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

5 octobre 1972 (Allemagne de l'ouest)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Sex is the ultimate weapon.

Intrigue:

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary...

Plot Keywords:

Fashion Designer | Secretary | Model | Love | Closeted Homosexual

Récompenses:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Great film, glad I don't live there

Ensemble

Margit Carstensen	...	Petra von Kant
Hanna Schygulla	...	Karin Thimm
Katrin Schaake	...	Sidonie von Grasenabb
Eva Mattes	...	Gabriele von Kant
Gisela Fackeldey	...	Valerie von Kant
Irm Hermann	...	Marlene

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (USA)

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

Allemagne de l'ouest

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I | Singapore:R(A) | UK:15 | West Germany:16

Lieux de tournage:

Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany

Société:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Anecdotes:

Film was shot in ten days.

Guillemet:

Petra von Kant: I felt nothing for him anymore. Far from it, it got worse. When we ate together his chewing... it was like an explosion. When he swallowed my gorge rose. The way he cut meat, held his cigarette, his whiskey glass... it all seemed so absurd, so affected. I was ashamed for him because I imagined everyone must see him as I did. Of course, it was hysteria. Panic, Sidonie. There was nothing left to save. The end.

Connexions:

Références The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

Bande son:

The Great Pretender

Great film, glad I don't live there

One reviewer described Bitter Tears as "a high camp lesbian slumber party", and that sort of sums it up, except that the blankets are like the dressing gown Medea made for Jason's wife - dipped in acid. Fassbinder adapted it from his own play and basically filmed a performance - there's only one set, Petra's apartment, and the characters come and go exactly as in the play, with one crucial difference in the last minute of the movie. All the usual suspects are here; Margit Carstensen has a ball as the Swansonesque Petra, Hanna Schygulla slinks and drawls as Petra's lover, Irm Hermann is at her beaky best as the watchful Marlene. It all culminates in the birthday party to end all birthday parties. A tough one to get into, but you'll never see anything like it anywhere else.