Der schwarze Engel (1974)

• 61%
• 1974
• Drame
• Magdalena Montezuma
• Ellen Umlauf
• Carlos De Muna

Two women, one from Boston and one from Germany, flee their empty lives to seek fulfillment à Mexico. The Black Angel is a transitional de film; on one hand, it is a companion piece to Willow Springs, mettant en vedette two Schroeter des militaires de carrière de l'as characters far from home and in extremis; on the other hand, it is a film about essai Mexico and as such a harbinger of Schroeter s nonfiction work to come. While he clearly shares his characters’ fascination with Mexico, the filmmaker also sauvages en exoticism – the au apparences of his protagonists and their rapturous reactions to new surroundings contrast sharply with the sober perceptions of Mexican history and economics en vedette dans the documentary segment and in the prosaic presence of a non-professionnel cast of locals.