1976 · drama · psychological · melodrama
Chinese Roulette
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder1h 26m1976
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts. However, their itineraries are complicated when they both arrive at the family's country home with their respective lovers.
Our read: Chinese Roulette (1976) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · psychological · melodrama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / psychological, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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