GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

valis1949 WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS is a scathing satire on the serendipity of Desire. Ozon filters his observations through the prism of Time and Sexual Genre. Act I begins with two inappropriately aged men who grapple with an almost laughable seduction. Later, there are references to their earlier lives, and projections to their future. By the end of the play, Women are introduced. Sexual identity takes a backseat to the object of their collective longings and passions. Not a single frame of the film leaves the confines of this trendy 70s bachelor pad, and the costumes are a real trip. And, the short dance number near the middle of the film is worth the price of admission. If you like a dialog driven film which examines the unpredictable nature of Eros, this might be the film for you.

Martin Bradley Francois Ozon's film version of Fassbinder's play is like another more slightly surreal, very blackly comic version of "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant", played out this time mostly by men. Fifty year old Leo picks up twenty year old Franz and brings him home for the night. Franz stays, becoming his lover, his houseboy but mostly his slave. There are only two other characters in this slight, stage-bound piece; Anna, Franz's vacuous former girlfriend and Vera, Leo's former transsexual lover.Fundamentally it's about love, of the destructive, unwholesome kind maybe, but love nevertheless. Whatever hold Leo has over Franz, (and Vera), they both love him though it could hardly be said that it is reciprocated. Leo is very much the master and everyone else is his slave. Whether he is capable of love is debatable.Ozon makes the piece both erotic and humorous but it is never quite as touching as it ought to be. All four players give good performances with Malik Zidi quietly outstanding as the boy.

TxMike I like the occasional foreign film, they tend to be short and crisply edited, and with an unusual point of view. This one has all those characteristics, and is barely 80 minutes long. It all takes place in one small apartment. Two of the characters assume a homosexual relationship, but when Anna shows up, she is not shocked. She looks at it as one of two possible choices, and she is determined to get her guy back. After all, she has plans for marriage, a house, and children. So, the characters aren't treated as 'gay' or as 'straight', simply as being capable of having relationships with both sexes.Bernard Giraudeau plays 50-year-old Léopold, who looks younger than his age. (In reality, he was already past 50.) He meets 20-year-old Franz (Malik Zidi), invites him to his modest apartment, where they have a few drinks before Leopold propositions him. Franz wasn't looking for that, but it seems to fit his situation, even though he had a girlfriend, Anna (very cute and sexy Ludivine Sagnier). Months go by, Leopold goes off a week at a time on business, Franz assumes the housewife role. They eventually get into petty little arguments that all couples seem to.When Anna comes to town and calls, then drops in for a visit, she isn't angry or hurt that Franz would turn to a man, but she still loves Franz and is determined to get him back. An old boyfriend of Leopold's, now a woman after a sex change operation, also returns to complicate the situation. The whole movie is done in a somewhat whimsical style, definitely a comedy, but with some dark undertones. Sagnier spends a good bit of her time without clothes and she is strikingly attractive, with or without clothes. SPOILERS. Franz is caught between loving Leopold and wanting to make Anna happy. He finds some poison in the medicine cabinet, takes it, and dies on the floor.

rosscinema This is based on a play that Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote when he was just 19 and his bleak outlook is very evident. This four character story starts out with a 50 year old German named Leopold (Bernard Giraudeau) who has brought home a 20 year old boy named Franz (Malik Zidi) and he seduces him and it doesn't take long for Franz to move in and cook his meals, draw his bath, clean house and do whatever else he wants. They bicker and argue but Franz doesn't leave. One day Franz has his ex-girlfriend Anna (Ludivine Sagnier) over to talk and they have sex for two days and they decide that he'll leave and they'll get married but he still admits he loves Leopold. Leopold arrives home early and they talk and it doesn't take long for Leopold to seduce Anna and then the door knocks and its Vera (Anna Thomson) who is Leopolds ex-lover and use to be a man! This film is directed by Francois Ozon and his films seem to deal with characters trying to maintain a relationship no matter what the circumstances. The character of Leopold can be described as Svengali, or a spider or a pimp. And the apartment that Leopold lives in is a very important element to this story. All the characters that have entered don't leave, or at least they don't leave for good. I think Franz realized this and thats why he committed the ultimate act. The last shot in the film tells the viewer that the characters are trapped in Leopolds web as Vera is unable to open the window. Ozon has developed into a very interesting filmmaker and this is a pretty thought provoking story. Its definitely not just a gay film. This is a provocative drama that is far more complicated than that!