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Product Description Based on the Rainer Werner Fassbinder classic, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, François Ozon’s unique retelling finds Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, who lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema... Review François Ozon’s PETER VON KANT… is much more than a remake. It’s a valentine. --G. Allen Johnson - San Francisco Chronicle Ozon has made his best film in years with Peter Von Kant. --Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire [Peter von Kant's] skewering of celebrity is mischievously enjoyable and its declaration of love for a queer-cinema forefather disarmingly sincere. --David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter