Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes
Based on the first full-length play by R.W. Fassbender.
82 min
In 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz, who swiftly moves into his apartment. The dynamic between them intensifies with the sudden arrival of their ex-girlfriends.
- Release date
- February 13, 2000
- Country of origin
- France
- Box office
- $87,313
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Trailer
Cast
- Bernard Giraudeau as Léopold
- Malik Zidi as Franz
- Ludivine Sagnier as Anna
- Anna Thomson as Véra
- Ludivine Sagnier as Franz's ex-fiancée
- Anna Thomson as Léopold's ex-lover
Crew
- François Ozon · Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Writer
- François Ozon · Writer
- Jeanne Lapoirie · Cinematographer
- Laurence Bawedin · Editor
- Claudine Bouché · Editor
- Antoinette Boulat · Casting director
- Arnaud de Moleron · Production designer