Self
Travelling between Germany, France and Morocco, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archive material. With openness and slight naivety the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.
Assistant Director
Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.
Assistant Director
En 1936, todo el mundo estaba preocupado por el imparable avance del fascismo. En Grecia, la aristócrata Margot Santorini (Romy Schneider), esposa de un importante diplomático, era la reina de una sociedad decadente que vivía entregada al disfrute de sus privilegios, placeres y abusos.
Assistant Director
Margot Staudte es un ama de casa que quiere a su marido Kurt y a su hija Bibi y vive rodeada de comodidades. Pero, hacia el final de su segundo embarazo, se apodera de ella una angustia creciente. Después del parto, las drogas y el alcohol la calman aparentemente, pero su terror no disminuye.
