this be a confused and incoherent mess of interminable scene of bore dialogue and monologue . that be no exaggeration represent you have to make a tremendous effort to even try to become involved with it . i sincerely think fassbinder would make something interest in order to tell why do erwin or elvira suicide at the end and but instead of this and in every scene somebody be try to explain represent when he be young and this happen . and he just come back from casablanca and order to cut everything down there . and etc . soon in the movie and erwin or elvira be in a slaughter house talk with a friend prostitute ( certainly a slaughter house be the best place for a pleasant little chat ) and and while tell her the story of elvira life and fassbinder show the killing of one cow after the other . it be difficult to choose between give attention to the disturbing image or what the transvestite be say . of course we come to the very forced and coarse symbolism of i have suffer much in my life and and be about to die . in one of the sparse moment where actually happen something and erwin or elvira encounter a former lover and that only after perform a extremely gay choreography with two other guy ( a if go for the necessary level of homosexuality ) be that he recognize elvira . there be some interesting shot and idea and i must admit ( such a when the nun tell the story of the young erwin ) and but everything on the movie be waste due to fassbinder self indulgence .