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In A Year Of Thirteen Moons (1978)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

124 min58 frames

Drama

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What is In A Year Of Thirteen Moons about?

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

In a Year of 13 Moons is a 1978 West German drama film written, produced and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes and Günther Kaufmann.

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Across 58 sampled frames, In A Year Of Thirteen Moons builds its coverage from medium shots (48% of the sample), with close-ups (33%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Rainer Werner Fassbinder keeps 41% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 50% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of In A Year Of Thirteen Moons (1978) are #2f2c2c, #f6f5f3, #100e0e, #535049, #d5d2ca, #ac9476 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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