Angst essen Seele auf
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.
- genus: Romance, Drama
- Studio: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
- keyword: husband wife relationship, unsociability, parent child relationship, germany, cleaning lady, foreigner, german-turkish living together, munich, germany, older woman younger man relationship, new german cinema, age-gap relationship
- cast: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Barbara Valentin, Elma Karlowa, Anita Bucher
