Film

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Next on Fri, Aug 14, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Member tickets available Jul 31

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Angst essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul). 1974. West Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Courtesy Janus Films

Hausordnung (House Orders). 1975. West Germany. Directed by Želimir Žilnik. DCP. In German; English subtitles. 12 min.
Inventur – Metzstrasse 11 (Inventory). 1975. West Germany. Directed by Želimir Žilnik. DCP. In German, Italian, Turkish, Greek; English subtitles. 9 min.
Angst essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul). 1974. West Germany. Written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin. 35mm. In German; English subtitles. 93 min.
Approx. runtime 114 min.

Inspired by the melodramas of Douglas Sirk, Rainer Werner Fassbinder cast his real-life lover, El Hedi ben Salem, and frequent collaborator Brigitte Mira in this love story about a younger Moroccan “guest worker” and an elderly German woman. Following their chance meeting on a rainy night in a working-class Munich bar, the pair find that her solitude and his sense of displacement are temporarily relieved in each other’s arms. But their unexpected relationship awakens the latent racism of everyone around them. A foundational work in the German director’s career, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul speaks to today’s social climate in the most crucial, moving ways. In House Orders and Inventory, Serbian director Želimir Žilnik speaks with Munich foreign workers and tenants about the restrictions imposed on their behavior and movement, and their hopes and plans for their future in West Germany.

This film accompanies Immigrant Nation: People in Transit.

Events

Fri, Aug 14, 7:00 p.m.

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Wed, Aug 19, 4:00 p.m.

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The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
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