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Water Drops on Burning Rocks

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75% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Germany, the '70s. Leopold, a smug, still-hunky 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces fresh-faced, carrot-topped 19-year-old Franz who swiftly moves into his bachelor pad. Their cozy relationship soon sours as Leopold, a kind of gone-to-seed Dirk Bogarde, turns cranky and argumentative. When Franz's buxom blond girlfriend surfaces, and then Leopold's elegant and enigmatic ex, things get funnier, steamier and a lot more complicated.

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Michael Thomson BBC.com Jan 1, 2000
2/5
Both characters and situation are little more than routine. Go to Full Review Ernest Hardy Film.com Jan 1, 2000
The film is very theatrical and admittedly 'staged,' but always purposefully. Go to Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 12, 2020
This is the easiest to admire and the hardest to like of Ozon's films released in America. Go to Full Review Edna Fainaru Screen International Mar 5, 2018
Ozon's most controlled film to date has taken a claustrophobic character study... t and turned it into an often sardonic but always absorbing observation of human beings enslaved by their addiction to sex. Go to Full Review Keith H. Brown Eye for Film Dec 7, 2007
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Nov 5, 2004
3/5
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Richard D @RT89807999 Nov 4, 2023 These little, charged dramas of Fassbinder are compelling for reasons I don't understand. See more Dec 6, 2019 Nicely built with a non-linear story See more Feb 22, 2017 6.4/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2PP See more Dec 11, 2015 Lourd et pas jojo comme film, sur la complexité des rapports humains. See more Apr 10, 2015 Twisted, odd, original re-working of Rainer Fassbinder --- complete with inappropriate musical number. Not to be missed. See more Jun 8, 2014 Visually seductive, but empty at the end. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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François Ozon

Director

Bernard Giraudeau

Leopold

Malik Zidi

Franz

Ludivine Sagnier

Anna

Anna Thomson

Véra

François Ozon

Screenwriter

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Water Drops on Burning Rocks

Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000) Malik Zidi as Franz (left) and Bernard Giraudeau as Leopold. Malik Zidi as Franz and Anna Thomson as Vera Ludivine Sagnier as Anna and Bernard Giraudeau as Leopold Bernard Giraudeau as Leopold View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Germany, the '70s. Leopold, a smug, still-hunky 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces fresh-faced, carrot-topped 19-year-old Franz who swiftly moves into his bachelor pad. Their cozy relationship soon sours as Leopold, a kind of gone-to-seed Dirk Bogarde, turns cranky and argumentative. When Franz's buxom blond girlfriend surfaces, and then Leopold's elegant and enigmatic ex, things get funnier, steamier and a lot more complicated.
Director
François Ozon
Producer
Christine Gozlan, Kenzô Horikoshi, Alain Sarde, Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Screenwriter
François Ozon, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Production Co
Fidélité Productions, Euro Space Inc., Les Films Alain Sarde, Studio Images 6
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 13, 2000, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 9, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA)
$87.3K
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
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