Horror vacui

Horror Vacui is a 1984 German avant-garde film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film was shown at international film festivals and in 1985 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Plot Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called "Optimal Optimism". 'Madame C', a former Nazi party member, is the leader of 'Optimal Optimism'. When the cult members find out that Frankie is gay, they rape him. Hannes has to find a way to save him. Awards 1985: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award