Rainer Werner Fassbinder addresses multiple levels of intolerance in his 1973 feature Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. When a lonely Moroccan mechanic falls in love with a German widowed charlady twice his age, their relationship is met with much hostility. The outrage increases when they decide to marry. A compellingly realistic portrayal of the prejudices of a close-minded society, the film conveys the difficulties of crossing race, age, and class boundaries.