Synopsis
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend, Raoul, who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.
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Festival History
- FIDMarseille 2024 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 1976 generic
- Chicago International Film Festival 1976 generic
- Locarno International Film Festival 1976 generic
Titles
| Alternate title | L'Ombre des anges | |
| Alternate title | Shadows of Angels |
Versions & editions
| Original version (German) |
Full credits
| Director | Daniel Schmid |
| Cast | Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
