Peter Von Kant
Peter Von Kant
Directed by François Ozon
(France, 2022, digital, in French with English subtitles)
Peter Von Kant—a retelling of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s classic melodrama The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant—stars Denis Ménochet in the lead role and Isabelle Adjani as his actress muse, Sidonie. Peter Von Kant is a famous director (based on Fassbinder) who lives with and mistreats his assistant, Karl (Stefan Crepon). Through Sidonie, Von Kant meets and falls in love with Amir (Khalil Gharbia), a handsome young man of modest means, and offers to help Amir break into cinema. Hanna Schygulla, one of Fassbinder’s real-life muses, also appears in the film.
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Peter Von Kant
Directed by François Ozon
(France, 2022, 85 minutes)
Lynn Wyatt Theater