Chinese Roulette
Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany／France, 1978, 86minmins, DCP
Cast: Margit Carstensen, Alexander Allerson, Anna Karina, Ulli Lommel, Macha Méril
Gerhard (Allerson) tells his wife Ariane (Carstensen) that he’s going on a business trip, but he’s actually taking his French mistress (Karina) to the family mansion for a weekend tryst. But when Gerhard finds Ariane in the mansion with her lover (Lommel), the weekend getaway turns into a psychological battle of deception and betrayal. Fassbinder was given a larger budget for his first international co-production, but he delivered a denselypacked head-spinning return to his avant-garde roots that renowned film scholar Andrew Sarris once devoted an entire course to it.
6/6 (Sat): Film talk with Long Tin
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Door tickets available at screening venue 30 minutes prior to the screening. Cash only. 2021-06-06 (Sun)
20:15Buy Ticket 2021-07-11 (Sun)
17:20
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
K11 Art House (Venue)
Post-screening talk / Q&A
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