The Marriage of Maria Braun
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cinémathèque québécoise, we wanted to highlight our long-term collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. The diffusion of German cinema within our walls has often been set up in collaboration with this cultural organization. This has led to the donation of many films from their collections, which are featured in this program.
The tormented life of Maria Braun, whose marriage to the soldier Hermann, who went to the front, was declared dead, then imprisoned and finally left abroad, never quite materializes.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. He directed over 40 films that span a variety of genres; frequently his work blends elements of Hollywood melodrama with social criticism and avant-garde techniques. His films explored "the exploitability of feelings". His work was deeply rooted in post-war German culture: the aftermath of Nazism, the German economic miracle and the Red Army Faction. Early on, Fassbinder focused on marginalized figures in the city, including migrant workers, and prisoners. He worked with a company of actors and technicians who frequently appeared in his projects.
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