Rio das Mortes (1970)

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

treasure hunt film, comedy television program

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

12

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends obsess over a legend about treasure buried in Peru and try to get funding for an expedition. One of them has a girlfriend who watches their plans with growing frustration.

bittersweetquirkylow-keyslightly absurdmoodyunderstatednostalgicaimless

What happens

Rio das Mortes is a 1971 color film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. One of the early Fassbinder films, it stars Hanna Schygulla as Hanna, Michael König as Michael/Mike and Günther Kaufmann as Gunther. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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