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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

March 6 at 7pm

At Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley

German with English subtitles
Watch for the famous couscous scene
BAMPFA screens rare gems weekly

A sixty-something washerwoman and a young Moroccan worker fall in love, and their neighbors absolutely lose their minds. Fassbinder's 1974 melodrama pairs jewel-box colors with biting social commentary in this gorgeous tribute to Douglas Sirk.

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