Fox and His Friends (1975)

Original title

Faustrecht der Freiheit

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 152 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working class gay man wins a lottery and falls for the wealthy son of an industrialist. His new lover exploits him financially and emotionally, revealing how love can be treated as a transaction.

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What happens

Fox and His Friends (German: Faustrecht der Freiheit, lit. 'Freedom's Law of the Jungle'; also known as Fist-Right of Freedom) is a 1975 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class gay man who wins the lottery, then falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist. His lover tries to mold him into a gilt-edged mirror of upper-class values, and ultimately swindles the easily flattered "Fox" out of his fortune. The film is an incisive look at the relationship between money and emotions. Love is seen as a commodity that can be bought for money and lasts only as long as it is profitable. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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