Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (1972) Rating: Starring: Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Eva Mattes, Hanna Schygulla, Platters (The), Giuseppe Verdi, The Walker Brothers Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Category: Gay, Avant Garde, Drama, Foreign, Erotica Studio: Wellspring Subtitles: English Length: 124 mins Want to buy?           Sex is the ultimate weapon. Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer-arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She is constantly mistreating Marianne, her slavish assistant. Enter Karin, a 23-year-old aspiring model. Petra immediately falls in love and invites her to move in, promising to advance her modeling career. However, Karin vies her freedom and leaves Petra to go back to her husband, causing Petra to lose control and fall into a downward spiral of irrational jealousy and hysteria. One of Fassbinder's most controversial films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is an obsessive and highly stylized look at the shifting power plays in relationships.               Critic's Reviews anbansal Epinions Read Review metalluk Epinions Read Review Petra Epinions Read Review