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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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