Rainer Werner Fassbinder's strange, stylish approach merges with the avant-garde fashion world in The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, one of the director's most beloved melodramas. The film follows an arrogant fashion designer, whose sadomasochistic affair with her assistant is tormented when she meets a breathtaking new woman. Claustrophobic tension reaches a fever pitch as the love triangle intensifies. Rumor has it that the film, which pushed Fassbinder's work to new emotional heights, was modeled after the director's fervent obsession with a young actor of the era. Juicy!