Film Forum

(1976, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Country weekend from hell, as crippled Andrea Schober separately invites estranged parents Margit Carstensen and Alexander Allerson, who arrive with (surprise!) lovers Ulli Lommel and Anna Karina in tow. And then they decide to play the “truth game” (Fassbinder’s own favorite) after dinner – big mistake! 35mm. Approx 82 min.

Reviews

“Mr. Fassbinder is exploring new methods of cinema narrative that are more original and daring that anything I’ve yet to see by filmmakers who call themselves avant-garde… A mysterious comedy of deliberate elegance… Camp lyricism of such density it becomes a lethal weapon.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times