Manages to be both more clinical and more humane than Martha
Fear of Fear (1975)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Margit Carstensen stars in this Fassbinder drama as Margot, a middle-class German housewife who has recently had her second child. Unfortunately, she becomes plagued by a variety of ailments... Margit Carstensen stars in this Fassbinder drama as Margot, a middle-class German housewife who has recently had her second child. Unfortunately, she becomes plagued by a variety of ailments including blurred vision and inexplicable fear. When Margot tries to explain these problems to her husband and family, she is met with incredulity, indifference, and even anger. Turning to alcohol and drugs to ease her pain, Margot begins a quick descent into depression and addiction as her loved ones barely notice. [More]
Starring: Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Irm Hermann, Armin Meier
Starring: Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Irm Hermann, Armin Meier
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Reviews for Fear of Fear
Fassbinder's revisionist melodrama is a riveting case study in destructive neuroses.
Fassbinder evokes a lecherous society’s desire to squeeze the life out of the woman during her moment of weakness.
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