Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette) | West Germany | 1976 | 35mm | 86 min. | German with English subtitles Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Event Details
Date
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Time
2 p.m.
Location
Description
Cast: Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira
A husband and wife unwittingly take their respective lovers to the couple’s shared country house on the same weekend. After an initial period of sophisticated acceptance, the pair’s disabled daughter and her inscrutable nanny arrive, and tensions quickly increase. This brief, intense drama stands as one of Fassbinder’s most trenchant critiques of human relationships and the modern family.
A husband and wife unwittingly take their respective lovers to the couple’s shared country house on the same weekend. After an initial period of sophisticated acceptance, the pair’s disabled daughter and her inscrutable nanny arrive, and tensions quickly increase. This brief, intense drama stands as one of Fassbinder’s most trenchant critiques of human relationships and the modern family.
Cost
Free
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