West Germany,
1974, 93 min
Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay:
Rainer Werner FassbinderCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesCast:
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Gusti Kreissl, Doris Mattes, Margit Symo, Katharina Herberg, Lilo Pempeit (more)VOD (3)
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Emmi (Brigitte Mira), a widowed cleaning lady in her sixties, meets Ali (El Hedi ben Salem), a Moroccan immigrant in his thirties. Seeking companionship, the pair marry to the outrage Emmi's family (including Fassbinder himself as her aggressive son-in-law), her friends and her colleagues. (Arrow Films)
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A beautiful film about how love can flourish at any age and regardless of who the lovers are or who they love. This is a film without sex, and it greatly benefits from it. Additionally, it beautifully portrays how the fact that two people love each other can be a thorn in the side for others who live only to judge and have prejudices. Those scenes are incredibly powerful.
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