Not RatedAli: Fear Eats the Soul

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Play Time: 93 mins
Romance, Drama
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Overview:
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.

Original Title:Angst essen Seele auf
Status: Released (1974-03-05)
Awards:4 wins & 1 nomination
BoxOffice:$8,144
Screen:Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Productions: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
Production Countries: Germany
Spoken Languages: العربية, Deutsch
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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The original title of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1974 film "Fear Eats the Soul" is deliberately ungrammatical German: ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF "Fear Eat Soul". That is due to one of the two protagonists we meet: Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) is a Moroccan immigrant working in Munich. He toils ....

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