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AFS: ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

Presented by Austin Film Society at AFS Cinema, Austin TX

Jul 12 - 14 2018
AFS: ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

Among the director’s most celebrated masterpieces, this romance between a Moroccan immigrant and a widow is reminiscent of Douglas Sirk’s ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS.

Striking, honest and tender, one of Fassbinder’s smallest films in budget is among his greatest in artistic achievement. Putting his deeply felt outsider complex to work, Fassbinder confronts German xenophobia and social taboos by telling the story of an older widow who falls in love with a north African immigrant 20 years her junior. The film’s power is in it’s startling directness and cinematic depiction of lovers against a judgmental world. In addition to being directly inspired by the ... view more »

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6226 Middle Fiskeville Road, Austin, TX 78752

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