The Future of Emily (1984)
- Original title
- Flügel und Fesseln
- Directed by
- Helma Sanders-Brahms
- Genre
- drama film, art film
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman navigates her personal and professional life while balancing relationships and family expectations. The story follows her as she tries to find her own path amid cultural and emotional tensions.
reflectivemelancholicslow-pacedcontemplativeintimateemotionalunderstated
What happens
The Future of Emily (German: Flügel und Fesseln) is a 1984 West German drama film directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. Barbara Kosta, author of Recasting Autobiography: Women's Counterfictions in Contemporary German Literature and Film, states that The Future of Emily, along with Laputa, "pursue[s] traditional narrative patterns" compared to Germany, Pale Mother, and "lapse[s] further into awkward melodrama." Christian Schröder, author of Hildegard Knef: Mir sollten sämtliche Wunder begegnen, wrote that the film appears "very French" and "very German" at the same time and compared it to the films of Éric Rohmer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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