Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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3/5/1974Runtime
93 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
GermanBudget
$130,000Revenue
$186,757Homepage
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A quietly devastating portrait of two lonely people finding each other across enormous social barriers, shot in the cool, detached style of New German Cinema. What begins as a small act of kindness becomes a tender resistance against a world determined to keep them apart.
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