Peter von Kant is a 2022 French drama film written and directed by François Ozon, a loose adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, which he adapted to film in 1972, but here with the protagonist's gender changed. It is Ozon's second cinematic outing of a Fassbinder play after Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000).[3]
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Directed by | François Ozon |
Screenplay by | François Ozon |
Based on | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Produced by | François Ozon |
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Cinematography | Manuel Dacosse |
Edited by | Laure Gardette |
Music by | Clément Ducol |
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Distributed by | Diaphana |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | France |
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Budget | €3.1 million[2] |
The film premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival as its opening film on 10 February 2022.[4]
Filming began in March 2021.[5]
In March 2022, Strand Releasing acquired the US rights to the film.[6]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 74%, based on 35 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10.[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
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