Enfant Terrible

2020
Unrated
2h 14m

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Oliver Masucci in Enfant Terrible (2020)

A biopic on the life and the impact of iconic German New Wave director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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The life and the impact of iconic German New Wave director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.The life and the impact of iconic German New Wave director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.The life and the impact of iconic German New Wave director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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- 3 wins & 6 nominations

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Trivia
Eva Mattes, who plays Brigitte Mira in this movie, also performed in a few movies by Rainer Werner Fassbinder back in the 1970s, including In a Year with 13 Moons (1978), Effi Briest (1974), and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972).

Goofs
When rehearsing Goethe's "Iphiganie on Tauris," Fassbinder suggests giving the audience tomatoes to either eat or to throw at the actors. While this idea is true, it was made for a different performance in this theater: "Leonce and Lena" by Georg Büchner.

Quotes
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The theater is not enough for me.
Kurt Raab: What do you want to do?
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Movies. Movies abour this country. The material is lying on the streets. I already wrote 3 movies and have 4 movies in my head.
[Kurt is impressed]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Wherever you go is material that is about how people see their dreams and how their dreams get destroyed. The theater can't do it. Only cinema can do it.

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A news report is heard in the background during the closing credits.

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Features Tagesschau (1952)

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder used to be very important to me in growing up. Discovering a barely known name making an official movie about his life and all the ones that went along with him was simply asking for disaster. Behold the result: way over the top acting, as if Larry Hagman had a bad day at the set of the takes on Dallas, and it just keeps on growing worse. The picture soils my fond memories of Gunter Lamprecht and Hanna Schygulla, letting them be performed by outside resemblances but just nothing more; bah. It's not a good movie and it most likely will not get any better in the future. There was only one Fassbinder-genius and he is no more.