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Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

1975 · 108 min

A cold, clear-eyed melodrama that watches a grieving widow be devoured by self-interest, leaving a quiet ache of futility.

Overview: Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.
How it feels: Bleak, cynical, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, class, media, exploration
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 3 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
class
media
exploration
betrayal
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild