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Water Drops on Burning Rocks

Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes

2000

François Ozon

Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Anna Thomson, Ludivine Sagnier

6.3

1,170

Drama. Romance. Comedy Germany in the 70's. Léopold, in his fifties, seduces Franz, a 19 years old boy. Franz falls in love and moves to Leopold's. But one day comes a foolish thing without importance on which they cannot agree with, a kind of divergence. But from that moment, there isn't "mutual us" anymore but only divergences.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A brilliant satire of emotional politics (...) The ending is a mess, but a mess perpetrated by a young genius (...) Ozon's movie is sure to enthrall Fassbinder fans"	POS
United States	G. Allen Johnson IndieWire	"At the center is a charismatic, wicked performance by Bernard Giraudeau (...) It feels like a stage play, with clunky dialogue and claustrophobic direction."	NEU
United States	David Stratton Variety	"Ozon’s direction respects the theatrical nature of the piece but is sufficiently cinematic to lift the film from its stage origins"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"Ozon handles it well enough. But it remains a footnote, a curiosity."	NEU
United Kingdom	Michael Thomson BBC	"Despite some mesmerising acting (particularly from Bernard Giraudeau as the cold, hostile egotist), both characters and situation are little more than routine (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Ozon has not only managed to highlight [Fassbinder's] obsessions (...) but has also succeeded in reproducing such trademark stylistic traits (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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