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The Merchant of Four Seasons

Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (original)

This anguished yet mordantly funny film charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Director Fassbinder had gained acclaim for a series of trenchant early films, but for this one he forged a new style -- featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by his idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.

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