Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Original title

Angst essen Seele auf

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

drama film, romance film, art film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 455 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An older German widow and a younger Moroccan worker fall in love and face prejudice from their community in 1970s West Germany. Their relationship is tested by the reactions of neighbors, family, and coworkers.

quietly intensemelancholicsocially consciousunderstatedslow-burnbittersweettenderrestrained

What happens

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (German: Angst essen Seele auf) is a 1974 West German melodrama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brigitte Mira and El Hedi ben Salem. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics award for best in-competition movie and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered one of Fassbinder's most powerful works and hailed by many as a masterpiece. The film revolves around the romance that develops between Emmi, an older German woman, and Ali, a Moroccan migrant worker in postwar West Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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