Film: The Merchant of Four Seasons
Wednesday, 16 Nov 1983 at 5:30 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film focuses on the alienation of the central character, Hans, the short, fat mediocre fruit peddler. Hans watches his unexceptional life go down the drain as he is pressured by various women, each of whom seems to be taller, more beautiful, or more powerful than he.Part of the World Affairs Series
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