Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for young men 1

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul's audience scores lean most toward young men at 56 of 100, with comparable appeal to older men and young women 1. Its overall reach is rated mass-market — mass-market reach across most demographics 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Middle Eastern 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 6 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

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    Audience scoreyoung men 56 of 100 is the top quadrant, with older men 51 and young women 49 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mass_market.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Middle Eastern 72.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 6 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men56
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Mass market

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
56
Young Women
49
Older Men
51
Older Women
45
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Audience Representation

White
57
Black
44
Hispanic
48
Asian
44
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
72
Indigenous
50
Mixed
40
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy6
Entertainment

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Synopsis

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

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Cast & Crew

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (director) · Jürgen Jürges (director)