If you loved Veronika Voss, try The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Veronika Voss, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is

An aging fashion czarina mistakes obsession for love and manipulation for devotion. She drains her loyal assistant dry while chasing a younger model’s fleeting approval. The wardrobe’s better than the script.

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