A famous film director, Peter von Kant, lives with his assistant Karl, whose devotion to his patron is limitless. Sidonie (Isabelle Adjani), an actress who has been a long-time muse for Peter, introduces a young man, Amir, to him at a party. Peter instantly falls in love with him and promises he will make him a star. Peter Von Kant was selected as the opening film of the Berlin International Film Festival this year and attracted huge attention. The film is a hommage to The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a genius German director who passed away at the early age of thirty-seven. Instead of copying Fassbinder’s style, Francois Ozon decides to complete his own homage by creating a comedy that is theatrical as well as ironic. Denis Menochet gives a perfect performance in the role of Peter who is tyrannical yet loveable, and the appearance of legendary actresses Hanna Schygulla and Isabelle Adjani makes the film even more worth watching. (SEO Seunghee)