Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
When a year has 13 new moons, as in 1978, many people suffer from depression and personal tragedies occur. In the summer of 1978, transsexual Elvira Weishaupt recapitulates her life in Frankfurt am Main: the boy Erwin's childhood in a convent, her work as a butcher, her marriage to Irene, the butcher's daughter, and the operation in Casablanca. But even the sex change did not bring Elvira a happier life.
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