Ali - Fear Eats The Soul
1974, 111 minutes, Rated M
West Germany in 1973 is still feeling the after-effects of the Second World War. Emmi, a cleaning lady almost of retirement age, lives a solitary life in Munich: a widow with adult children, she feels an unbearable sense of loneliness. One evening, on her way home, she stops into a bar to wait out the rain. Here she meets Ali—a strapping young Moroccan immigrant. Despite the vast differences in their ages and cultures, Emmi and At embark upon a torrid love affair, marrying after only a few weeks. But their happiness scandalises Emmi's children, co-workers and fellow townspeople, who are disgusted by Emmi's brazen flouting of their standards of decency.
Heavily influenced by Douglas Sirk's celebrated 1955 Hollywood melodrama, All That Heaven Allows, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is widely viewed as one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's crowning cinematic accomplishments.
- Director:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder [15],
- Starring:
- Brigette Mira [2],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- Arabic Dolby Digital Stereo
German Dolby Digital Stereo
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