A Man Like Eva

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A Man Like Eva ★★★ Ein Mann wie Eva 1983

A weird, morbid homage to and portrait of Rainer Werner Fassbinder after his inevitable death, detailing his workobsessed self-destruction. Mattes, one of Fassbinder's favorite actresses, plays him in drag, in an eerie gendercrossing transformation. In German with English subtitles. 92m/C VHS . GE Eva Mattes, Elisabeth (Lisa) Kreuzer, Charles Regnier, Werner Stocker; D: Radu Gabrea.

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