Peter Von Kant

François Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool) revisits Fassbinder in this inventive remake of his 1972 chamber classic The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant – with Petra now Peter Von Kant (Denis Ménochet), a famous film director living in Germany in the 1970s. Peter is woken from a stupor by a phone call from his mother, Rosemarie (Hanna Schygulla), asking for money. Peter’s mute servant Karl (Stefan Crepon) silently types up a copy of Peter’s screenplay while seeing to his needs. He gets a visit from Sidonie (Isabelle Adjani), an actress he helped turn into a superstar. They have drinks and commiserate about Peter’s lover leaving him. She mentions having a friend meet her at Peter’s, a young man entering the scene named Amir Ben Salem (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Peter is smitten with Amir and invites him to visit again…

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