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Based on a Rainer Werner Fassbinder play, Water Drops on Burning Rocks is the directorial debut of François Ozon, the reigning bad boy of French cinema. The film centers on the relationship between middle-aged Léopold (Bernard Giraudeau) and twenty-something Franz (Malik Zidi). Their affair begins torridly, but quickly turns dull and routine, with Franz basically becoming Léopold's houseboy.
Just a Franz appears to be ready to check out of the relationship, the situation gets complicated by the arrival of his curvy, sex-starved ex-fiancée (Ludivine Sagnier), who arrives just before Léopold's ex-lover – a man who became a woman to please her former boyfriend (Anna Levine). Hilarity, tragedy and a bizarre dance number ensue in this well-executed film debut.
1:30 – R for nudity, sexual content, adult language and violence
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