The Future of Emily
The Future of Emily German Flgel und Fesseln is a 1984 West German drama film directed by Helma SandersBrahms. Barbara Kosta, author of Recasting Autobiography Womens Counterfictions in Contemporary German Literature and Film, states that The Future of Emily, along with Laputa, pursues traditional narrative patterns compared to Germany, Pale Mother, and lapses further into awkward melodrama. Christian Schrder, author of Hildegard Knef Mir sollten smtliche Wunder begegnen, wrote that the film appears very French and very German at the same time and compared it to the films of ric Rohmer.
Film critic Glenn Erickson described the film as good and praised Facets DVD production, Londons Time Out wrote that the actresses sink their teeth into the film with consummate relish and it has been noted that the film is considered an excellent drama which is SandersBrahms most refined and elegant. It has been argued that the films point is that, in modern society, there are women who also are living well without men, but they are brainwashed into thinking that they would be better off with male partners.
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