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.
Acting
Bernard Giraudeau's predatory charm that somehow keeps you complicit.
Direction
Ozon turns one room into a pressure cooker of shifting desires.
Writing
Fassbinder's dialogue: vicious, theatrical, impossible to look away.
Director
François Ozon
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