Peter von Kant

Peter von Kant (2022)

Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema. Several months later, Amir becomes a star. But as soon as he acquires fame, he breaks up with Peter, leaving him alone to face himself.

Date of release
2022-07-06
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (114)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
François Ozon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Peter von Kant is a 2022 French comedy drama film written and directed by François Ozon. It is a loose adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, which he adapted into a film in 1972, but here with the sex of the principal characters changed from female to male. It is Ozon's second cinematic adaptation of a Fassbinder play after Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000).

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