Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (1975)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)
Kurt Raab (writer)

Release Date:

7 mars 1985 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt...

Avis des utilisateurs:

Finally! A Fassbinder movie that I like!

Ensemble

Brigitte Mira	...	Emma Küsters
Ingrid Caven	...	Corinna
Margit Carstensen	...	Frau Thälmann
Karlheinz Böhm	...	Thälmann
Irm Hermann	...	Helene
Gottfried John	...	Niemeyer
Peter Kern	...	Nachtclubbesitzer
Kurt Raab	...	Barbesitzer Gustav
Gustav Holzapfel	...	Herr Holzapfel
Lilo Pempeit	...	Sekretärin
Peter Chatel	...	Photograph
Peter Bollag	...	Photograph
Vitus Zeplichal	...	Reporter
Volker Spengler	...	Photograph
Y Sa Lo	...	Terroristin

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (USA)
Mother Kuster's Trip to Heaven (UK)
Maman Küsters s'en va au ciel (France) [fr]

Durée:

Germany:120 min | USA:108 min

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:MA | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany

Company:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Finally! A Fassbinder movie that I like!

Mother Kunters is just so drolly funny. The story is about a woman coping with her husband's death. Her husband died after he fell into some machinery at work. Oh, and there's something else. Her husband killed 2 people on the job before doing himself in. Actually, if you listen closely during the first 15 minutes of the movie, the "There's something else" line is repeated 3 times, which is very oddly funny. Mrs. Kunsters is of course, devastated by the news, and when her children get together, they all don't really get along, and deal with the death in different ways, her daughter is especially malicious, using the death to promote her laughable music career. Mrs Kusters, not finding solace anywhere, finally finds a couple willing to listen and feel compassion. Problem is of course, they're COMMUNISTS! Ha ha. Pretty soon they're convincing poor Mrs Kusters that her husband's death is directly related to The Plight of The Common Worker! I mean, that's priceless. Pretty soon, she's getting caught up with the hardline commies and soon violently protesting against newspapers that published negative stories about her husband. I mean, clearly we're dealing with manipulation, (both personal and political) and Fassbinder does it brilliantly here. As you could tell by the title of my review, I'm not the biggest Fassbinder fan, but I personally loved this one. Although the ending (the American one even more so) leaves a little bit to be desired, I, all in all, enjoyed this tremendously.