PREVIEW: Peter Von Kant (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), Isabelle Adjani (Skirt Day), Khalil Gharbia (film debut), Hanna Schygulla (The Story of Piera), Stéfan Crépon (The Salt of Tears), Aminthe Audiard (Paris-Willouby)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

François Ozon (Swimming Pool), director, writer, producer; Clément Ducol (Little Tickles), composer; Manuel Dacosse (By the Grace of God), cinematographer; Laure Gardette (Summer of ’85), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Peter von Kant (Ménochet), a successful filmmaker, lives with his put-upon assistant Karl (Crépon) whom he regularly mistreats and humiliates. When Peter is introduced to a young man named Amir (Gharbia), he quickly develops a fascination for the handsome lad…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

French auteur François Ozon readapts the play (and later film) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with his own unique vision and storytelling techniques.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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