One of the things I found most interesting about this decidedly politically conscious movie is that the heroin, Emmi, has almost no political consciousness at all. She is not interested in righting any historical wrongs, nor in atoning for Germany's Nazi past. She does not court a coloured man because of liberal values or liberal guilt.
Quite the contrary: on her wedding day she is eager to eat at a swish restaurant where it was said that Hitler once dined. Moreover, she desperately wants to be accepted by her family and peers: she is no maverick or desperado. Emmi is simply a genuinely good person who is lonely and falls in love with a man who comes from Morocco who is also a genuinely good person who is lonely.
Brigitte Mira is beautiful, endlessly fascinating in this film.
Quite the contrary: on her wedding day she is eager to eat at a swish restaurant where it was said that Hitler once dined. Moreover, she desperately wants to be accepted by her family and peers: she is no maverick or desperado. Emmi is simply a genuinely good person who is lonely and falls in love with a man who comes from Morocco who is also a genuinely good person who is lonely.
Brigitte Mira is beautiful, endlessly fascinating in this film.