Angela, a young disabled girl, invites her divorced parents to spend the weekend at the family country house. Each arrives with their lover, unaware of the other's presence. On Angela's suggestion, a game of Chinese roulette is played after dinner...
Around a disabled child and her family, Fassbinder paints the portrait of a German society in complete perdition. The absence of love and devotion of the parents, faced with the infirmity of the main character, is here only a pretext to excuse their gloomy and futureless existence. Chinese Roulette is a harsh and cynical work of frightening accuracy.
CHINESE ROULETTE
(1976 – Colors – 86 mins)
SUPPLEMENTS
. ROLLENSPIELE – FRAUEN ÜBER FASSBINDER (59 mins)
A documentary by Thomas Honickel, with testimonies by Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann and Hanna Schygulla.
. TRAILER
Released September 19, 2012
