A film version of *a play %-Fassb;(ind  er d@ i- ;rected in Ham`burg,` - Clare Boot#^-h Luc=e's T#-he Wome]n. It gave Fassb*inder* an opportunit,:y to indulge his pass ion for wo_ ^#rking wi$:th women -\` there are forty :(wo=men in the pl,a;y
@ and no! men .　　The pla^  y dates from the -^1930s, and Fas=_\)sbinder was acc`used b
^_y the cr=iti)c_s of being ant!i-women (a
# f ]requent% criti\`cism !of.: late). A-[%s usua] l, =he chose :)[to wo (rk+[ ag_ainst the text, and /_from `!/th$@\;is [@h,%as co@
nstru:ct)ed a=*n ent(
ertaining and engaging pl#.:ay about lo
ve_ b# e+; @\tw
,[een upper-c(la?ss women with noth in%g b@etter @$+to do than (\ sneer at. others w$$^ he[(n
 thin
gs go -w@\#rong with*# t!\h(`eir lives a)$^nd loves.