WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS
dir. François Ozon, 2000
United States. 86 mins.
In French with English subtitles

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Water Drops on Burning Rocks adapts an unproduced play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder— Ozon's favorite filmmaker—in which Franz, a naïve 19-year-old, is seduced by a smug-yet-alluring, 50-year-old businessman Leopold, quickly moving into his apartment. Domestic bliss is short-lived as a sadomasochistic relationship takes root and the power dynamics continue to shift upon the arrival of both men's ex-girlfriends: the spry Anna and mysterious Véra. This ménage à quatre leads to sex, despair, and, of course, a musical number.

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