Maria Mettke

Dans une ville de garnison, en Allemagne. Un simple soldat, à demi-abruti, Woyzeck, se démène comme un beau diable. Il ne quitte le capitaine, dont il est le barbier, que pour se prêter aux expériences du docteur. Son temps libre, il le consacre à Marie, sa compagne et à l'enfant qu'il a eu d'elle. Mais la belle est inconstante et ne dédaigne pas les avances du tambour-major. Le capitaine et le docteur se font un plaisir d'informer Woyzeck de son infortune…

A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?