Chinesisches Roulette [Chinese Roulette] (1976) - Rainer Werner Fassbinder

For years, Angelas parents have tried to make her feel guilty for having driven them to seek comfort outside their marriage. Ironically there is some indication that their dalliances may have had a hand in the accident that caused her condition. In this unpleasant milieu, they begin playing a truth-telling game called "Chinese Roulette," which leads to even more distasteful revelations and recriminations..

Industrial magnate Gerhard Christ (Alexander Allerson), convinced that his wife and daughter are elsewhere, takes his longtime French mistress Irene (Anna Karina) on a weekend tryst to his sprawling chateau. Upon arrival, he is shocked to find his wife Ariane (Margit Carstensen) on the floor with her lover, his assistant Kolbe (Ulli Lommel). The uncomfortable situation becomes even more fraught when their crippled daughter Angela (Andrea Schober), who secretly planned the ménage à quatre, shows up with her mute governess, Traunitz (Macha Méril), and a small army of grotesque dolls. In the background hover a sinister housekeeper named Kast (Brigitte Mira) and her ambiguous, very blond son Gabriel (Volker Spengler). As the adulterous Christs come to terms with their respective infidelities, Angela tries to play them and their lovers off each other. In the film's final sequence, she orchestrates a psychologically vicious truth game, called Chinese Roulette, involving everyone in the chateau. Its revelations lead to a shocking climax.