Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Run Time: 93 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1974 Language: German
Starring: Barbara Valentin, Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Elma Karlowa, Irm Hermann
Fall in love with Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, screening just in time for its 50th anniversary!
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.
Winning the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is regarded as one of Fassbinder’s finest films.