Water Drops on Burning Rocks

Water Drops on Burning Rocks

Based on the first full-length play by R.W. Fassbender.

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Release Date

3/15/2000

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

In 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz, who swiftly moves into his apartment. The dynamic between them intensifies with the sudden arrival of their ex-girlfriends.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$87,313

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A claustrophobic, darkly funny examination of desire and identity trapped in a confined 1970s apartment, where seduction curdles into power games and nothing is quite what it seems.

Mood

BittersweetUnsettlingPlayful

Themes

IdentityLoveComing of age

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticStylized genre

Structure

Single location

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Sexual content

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