The Raspberry Reich (2004)

Directed by

Bruce LaBruce

Genre

comedy film, sex film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young activists name themselves after famous revolutionaries and form a terrorist cell. They aim to continue the work of the Baader-Meinhof Gang while blending radical politics with explicit sexual expression.

provocativesatiricalcampypolitically chargedexplicitdarkly comicconfrontationalideological

What happens

The Raspberry Reich is a 2004 film by director Bruce LaBruce which explores what LaBruce calls "terrorist chic", cult dynamics, and the "innate radical potential of homosexual expression". It is about a contemporary terrorist group who set out to continue the work of the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. The group consists of several young men and a female leader named Gudrun (after Gudrun Ensslin). All of the characters are named after either original members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang or revolutionaries such as Che Guevara. They call themselves the "Sixth Generation of the Baader-Meinhof Gang" and "The Raspberry Reich". "Reich" is a reference to communist sexologist Wilhelm Reich. In addition, the term "Raspberry Reich" was coined by RAF leader Gudrun Ensslin to refer to the oppression of consumer society. An "uncut" version of the film has been released, titled The Revolution Is My Boyfriend, edited by the gay pornographic film company Cazzo Film to include erotic scenes edited out in the original version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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