Hello! I'm Outgoing.I help make life more interesting.
Hello! I'm Outgoing.I help make life more interesting.
This event is in the past.It took place on March 8, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Drama FilmDrama FilmFassbinder's 1971 gem follows Hans, a luckless Munich fruit peddler crushed by family treachery during the "prosperous fifties." It's melodrama with teeth: soap opera stakes, dark social comedy, and colors so saturated they ache.
Fassbinder classic
Melodrama with bite
Art house cinema
Social satire
Tips
🎬"a virtuoso balance of soap opera, social comedy, irony, politics, farce, and brilliant ensemble acting" (New Yorker Films)
🍎German with English subtitles, 89 minutes
🎨Arrive early to catch BAMPFA's current exhibits
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Downtown Berkeley
Drama FilmDrama FilmFassbinder's 1971 gem follows Hans, a luckless Munich fruit peddler crushed by family treachery during the "prosperous fifties." It's melodrama with teeth: soap opera stakes, dark social comedy, and colors so saturated they ache.
Fassbinder classic
Melodrama with bite
Art house cinema
Social satire
Tips
🎬"a virtuoso balance of soap opera, social comedy, irony, politics, farce, and brilliant ensemble acting" (New Yorker Films)
🍎German with English subtitles, 89 minutes
🎨Arrive early to catch BAMPFA's current exhibits
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