Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Title | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul |
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Year | 1974 |
Genre | Romance, Drama |
Country | Germany |
Studio | Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren |
Cast | Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Barbara Valentin, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher |
Crew | Jürgen Jürges (Director of Photography), Fritz Müller-Scherz (Sound Designer), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Director), Thea Eymèsz (Editor), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Author), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Production Design) |
Keyword | husband wife relationship, unsociability, parent child relationship, germany, cleaning lady, foreigner, german-turkish living together, munich, germany, older woman younger man relationship, new german cinema, age-gap relationship |
Release | Mar 05, 1974 |
Runtime | 93 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.71 / 10 by 388 users |
Popularity | 25 |
Budget | 130,000 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | العربية, Deutsch |