Essential Cinema: The Bitter Tears of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany, 1972, 2h 4min, Digital, In German with English Subtitles
Essential Cinema The Bitter Tears of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.
Due to a mechanical failure, this screening will now be presented digitally.
In this intense melodrama, an egomaniacal fashion designer draws nearer to crisis in her personal life as an attractive young woman enters her orbit. Margit Carstensen is unforgettable in the title role. With equally compelling turns from her ensemble of co-stars. A gorgeous nightmare of excess set entirely inside one of the most decadent apartments imaginable.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
This series celebrates the prolific master of New German Cinema and his razor-sharp gaze at culture and society across genre and style. Presented in conjunction with the restoration of his series of TV films, EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY.
