Leaving December 1

Directed by François Ozon | 85 mins | 2022
Ozon's gender-flipped, gleefully bathetic homage to R.W. Fassbinder’s beloved lesbian melodrama "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant", featuring Denis Ménochet as the titular Peter, a filmmaker, Khalil Gharbia as the young actor he falls hard for, and a special appearance by Fassbinder alum Hanna Schygulla. “Hilariously stilted, often overwrought, but always highly entertaining… It’s just plain Douglas Sirk perfect.”—John Waters