R.W. Fassbinder Fox and His Friends, (German: Faustrecht der Freiheit[1]), also known as Right Fist of Freedom, is a 1975 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder himself, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class homosexual who falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist. His lover tries to mold him into a gilt-edged mirror of upper-class values and ultimately swindles the easily flattered lottery winner out of his fortune. The film is an incisive look at the relationship between money and emotions.[2] Love is seen as a commodity that can be bought for money and lasts only as long as it is profitable.[2] Plot[edit] Franz Bieberkopf[3] is a sweet and unsophisticated working-class homosexual who works in a carnival as “Fox, the Talking Head“. He finds himself without a job when his boyfriend, Klaus, the carnival owner, is arrested for tax fraud. Now jobless, Fox visits Hedwig, his sister, who likes to drink a
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