In a Year with 13 Moons

Director	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Year	1978
Country	West Germany
Runtime	2h 4m
Language	German In German with English subtitles
Format	DCP
TMDB	View entry

Synopsis

We have plenty of lighthearted, fun holiday films this year. This is not one of them. The brilliant writer-director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in the wake of a crushing personal tragedy, felt he had two choices: to commit suicide, or to make this film. The Christmas connection, in the great AFS tradition, is rather minimal, as the protagonist, Elvira, a newly transitioned transwoman, tries to make sense of her life and situation after her lover abandons her.

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