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It is a loose adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, which he adapted into a film in 1972, but here with the sex of the principal characters changed from female to male.
Sep 1, 2022 · The prolific French director François Ozon puts a metatextual spin on “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant,” the classic German tale of amour fou.
- Beatrice Loayza
- François Ozon
Sep 2, 2022 · “Peter von Kant” is both an agonized cry from a director’s soul and an answer to Ozon’s own obsession with Fassbinder, which dates back to the French director’s debut feature, “Water Drops...
- Ryan Lattanzio
Feb 10, 2022 · ‘Peter von Kant’ Review: Francois Ozon Takes on Fassbinder in Experimental Gender-Swapped Drama. France's most prolific contemporary filmmaker offers up a playful but reverent remake of...
Feb 10, 2022 · It hitched Fassbinder’s roots in experimental theater to his revelatory discovery of the florid melodramas of Douglas Sirk, and consequently, it now plays as arch, stilted camp, albeit with an...
Nov 11, 2022 · More than a remake, Peter Von Kant is both a love letter and an interrogation of Fassbinder. It’s Ozon’s way of wrestling with the legacy and reputation of one of his favorite filmmakers, a master of cinema.
Sep 5, 2022 · Peter von Kant comes from underrated French master Francois Ozon, himself having directed over 20 features over his roughly 25-year long career (one of which, Water Drops on Burning Rocks was also based on an unproduced Fassbinder play).
