Ali–Fear Eats the Soul
First screened in April 2002
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Cast: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Karl Scheydt, Marquard Bohm, Walter Sedlmayr, Doris Mattes, Lilo Pempeit, Gusti Kreissl, Margit Symo, Elisabeth Bertram, Helga Ballhaus, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher, Peter Gauhe, Hannes Grumball, Katharine Herberg, Hark Bohm, Kurt Raab. Screenplay: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (based on the earlier film All that Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk and written by Peg Fenwick).
Twitter Capsule: Sirk distilled to pure vinegar, under a lepidopterist's eye. Mira's ardor, ben Salem's tenderness enthrall.

Photo © 1974 Filmverlag der Autoren/Tango Film;
© 1975 New Yorker Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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