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Title: Depressing and depraved.
Review: This was a hard one not to like, because Malik Zidi is one of the most appealing men I've ever seen anywhere. If the movie had ended after the first half hour, I would have given it at least four stars just because of him. But the rabid, mean-spirited homophobia that drives this movie (and I assume the Fassbinder play it was based on) to its thoroughly depressing and depraved conclusion just becomes unbearable. Technically it's very well made, and I'm grateful for discovering Zidi, but I wish I'd never watched this depressing, hateful movie.
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