In a Year with 13 Moons
Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany, 1978, 124minmins, DCP
Cast: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John
In the aftermath of his lover’s tragic death, Fassbinder produced one of his most empathetic films, a chronicle of the last days of a transgender woman. After being spurned by her lover, Elvira finds herself in one devastating encounter after another as she revisits the slaughterhouse where she worked as a man, an orphanage, and a cold-hearted former lover who has no memory of her. Desperate for love and acceptance in a cold, cruel world that has none to spare, Elvira is one of the most tragic characters in Fassbinder’s filmography.
Chicago International Film Festival: Bronze Hugo Best Film
3/7 (Sun): Film talk with Winnie Fu
K11 Art House
Post-screening talk
Remarks
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