The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Sex is the ultimate weapon.
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10/5/1972Runtime
124 minsOverview
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
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A caustic, theatrical examination of desire and dominance in a claustrophobic romantic entanglement, where attraction becomes a weapon and vulnerability crumbles into cruelty. The film watches power shift between two women with clinical precision and emotional devastation.
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