KIF-KIF! -Ali the honest and Amy the kind.

Fassbender's film works in the middle and early stages are mainly realistic literary films. The life of a lonely old woman is used to show all the living beings in Germany at that time. In the film, the director is full of his own personal insights and ideas. It can be said that it is a kind of video reading. "Fear Eats the Soul" can be said to be Fassbender's unique and breakthrough film work. It's less difficult to understand than "Maria Braun's Marriage" and "The Desire of Veronica Foss," and more focused on telling a story. It may also be because this is an earlier film by the director. But this is definitely not a mediocre work. Unique among Fassbender movies, Fassbender's style is still strong in this work, but it is shown in a warm way. It can be said that the effect is better and suitable for public viewing. The movie title Fear Devours the Soul can be said to represent Fassbender's usual sense of pessimism and despair, but if you are a more sensitive person after watching the movie, you will not have such fear and despair as the title. As I said before, I felt a touch of warmth in bitterness. It's like the contrast of an evil title telling a beautiful story, which shows the director's artistic skills. The shooting technique of the film can be said to be not too superb, but I think it achieves the purpose of promoting the plot of the story and making the audience understand and appreciate the tone of the film.

The male protagonist in the film is named Ali, whose full name is El Hedi bin Sam Bok Mohammed Masafa. An honest car mechanic, working very hard, but still not getting what he deserves and what he deserves, living a hard life in this city. Amy is a woman in her 60s who has reached her sixtieth year, and her husband died young. Children have their own lives. Rarely meet each other, even if they do meet, they are walking around. This also reflects the constant troubles of urbanites. Although they all live in the same city, it is difficult to meet each other. It seems that they are more marginalized in the bustling and prosperous world. Selfishness and privacy are two words that seem to be positive and life-like. Perhaps it has misled people's true pursuit of life. But heroine Amy did it! She has the courage to make choices and changes to the changes in the current status quo. A middle-aged woman has a great mind. She is not afraid to face it and has the courage to be herself!

In the later part of the movie, you will suddenly find that as time goes on, the eyes of others also begin to gradually improve the love of Amy and Ali. From disdain at the beginning to now reluctance. Perhaps the director also wants to explain another point, that is, time may also be the most powerful and destructive thing. It can change everything, once so-called vigorous, earthly glitz but not eternal. Time can wipe them out perfectly. It's just a matter of length.

Finally, let's talk about the classic line "KIF KIF" in my opinion! Although it only appears twice in the film, I still think it has another meaning. KIF KIF is Arabic, which means "who cares?" Maybe this is also the director's criticism of society. And the heroine Amy suddenly said when she was counting the money, "We are so rich, Ali, we should buy a small piece of heaven." Perhaps it was also the director's desperate criticism of society. Perhaps it is only in that little piece of paradise that happiness and joy can merge and accompany.

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