Agenda Municipal / Movies The Marriage of Maria Braun

Thu 29 Jun
Cineclube de Joane programme (There are no Cinephiles left?!, Fassbinder, master of melodrama)

Small auditorium | 21h45

Admission: 4 euros. Free for members of the Cineclube de Joane | Original title: Die Ehe Der Maria Braun (Germany, 1979) | Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen, Ivan Desny | Rating: M/12 | Running time: 120 min

World War II. Maria hastily marries Herman Braun, a German soldier. Disappeared in action, Maria refuses to believe in his death. And her story of struggle for survival is set against the backdrop of the war years up to the economic miracle that followed. Hanna Schygulla was awarded the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival. It is one of Fassbinder's masterpieces that includes several cinematic metaphors about the question of identity and the experiences of post-war Germany.
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