Director: François Ozon
Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder / François Ozon
A Wry and comic look at the shifting of power in sexual relationships, François Ozon's film is adapted from a play written but never staged by the celebrated German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. When the smooth talking Leopold (Bernard Giraudeau), a successful businesman of 50, seduces 20 year old Franz, the youngster falls under his spell and moves in with him. But,Leopold soons reveals his true colours as a short tempered bully and Franz contemplates returning to his girlfriend (Ludivine Sagnier) - until Leopold seduces her too. The arrival of Leopold's former lover Vera, a male to femnale transsexual, only complicates matters further. Witty and sharply observed, 'Water Drops' bears Fassbinder's peverse sense of humour, embelished by the style and verve of Ozon, the enfant terrible of modern French cinema.