The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)- German



When I started watching this movie I was presuming that its going to be a kind of travel story .I don’t have an idea on what basis I thought about as such.But it was totally opposite about a man how he slogs in his life and how he strains to live.
Merchants of four seasons is about a movie which speaks of self compassion and love .When the guy Hens Epp( Hans Hirschmuller )returns home after a military stint he is not being received with warmth by his Mom.That defines the whole movie.I had no idea why he was treated as such in the beginning.He is terminated from Police force because of lust with an woman.He marries and sells fruits but he is being humiliated for he being shorter than his wife.He is been bombarded with the incidents which happen around him ,which is completely created by him.He has no body to blame or pity.Its him who has created the loneliness which he doesn’t want to.His wife leaves him and he is put in to enormous amount of pain by the depressive act with in himself.

Its about depression and pain a man can get by his actions and his realisation.There is a movie in Tamil” Veyil “ which speaks completely on a loosing side of a man.This movie speaks on the same lines how a man can be completely depressed right from his younger days.Its not a feel good movie which I can recommend but it’s a movie with reality and noteworthy performance.It doesn’t slip from the way of what it intends to convey even in a single moment.


Rainer Werner Fassbinder; the cult German director who sucided in the 80’s has directed this movie .Its one among his very few creations where he speaks about this man in a very unpleasant and emotional manner.He balances the movie from not getting in to a melodramatic story by putting across some incidents which can make realise what a man’s life can be after so much of losses.


He thinks about his lost love at times and reaches her but returns back depressed coz of his state of being.The Man shows his disparity in all aspects and he rests for a moment when his friend comes to assist and he realises his loneliness with in himself and anticipates his mood of disparity and ends himself.The movie is not a sentimental but a deeply movie and tells how a human soul can be demoralised by his actions and the things around him.I would recommend if you really love to watch a classic in a style different from a present day movie.

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