Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
François Ozon
Anna Thomson
Malik Zidi
Ludivine Sagnier
Bernard Giraudeau
Hubert Barbin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A 1970's Germany, May-December gay romance goes wrong: 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 ex (who may or may not have originally been a man) shows up, things get funnier, steamier and a lot more complicated. while charting the relationship between sex and power, in and out of the bedroom.
Director
François Ozon
Crew
Hubert Barbin
Laurence Bawedin
Claudine Bouche
Antoinette Boulat
Christophe Bourreau
Sebastien Charles
Pascaline Chavanne
Valerie Chemain
Arnaud De Moleron
Olivier Delbosc
Ivan Desrue
Eric Devulder
Susi Doree
Agathe Dupuis
Cyril Duval
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Agathe Grau
Pierre Grippon
Francoise Hardy
Benoit Hillebrant
Tony Holiday
Melanie Karlin
Thomas Kern-niklaus
Jean-pierre Laforce
Jeanne Lapoirie
Emma Le Bail
Marc Missonnier
François Ozon
Gill Robillard
Alain Sarde
Benjamin Viau
Pierre Wallon
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 12, 2000 (NY)
Released in United States August 11, 2000 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 9-20, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-16, 2000.)
Winner of the award for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2000 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Winner of the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer July 12, 2000
Released in United States August 11, 2000
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States June 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States August 2000
Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival July 19 - August 6, 2000.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 9-20, 2000.
Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-16, 2000.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Director's Focus) August 13-27, 2000.
First filmed adaptation of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play "Tropfen auf heisse Steine," written by Fassbinder when he was 19-years-old and never performed during his lifetime.
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Director's Focus) August 13-27, 2000.)
