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The Merchant Of The Four Seasons (1971)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Dietrich Lohmann

88 min60 frames

Drama

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The Merchant Of The Four Seasons — official trailer

What is The Merchant Of The Four Seasons about?

Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.

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What does the cinematography of The Merchant Of The Four Seasons look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Merchant Of The Four Seasons leans on medium shots (52% of the sample) and close-ups (25%). Cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann keeps 55% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Merchant Of The Four Seasons?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Merchant Of The Four Seasons (1971) are #33302d, #f6f5f2, #d6d1c8, #58524a, #d0ae91, #8e796f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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