The Future of Emily
6.3
Emily, a child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films. Isabelle wraps a picture, flies to her childhood home to pick up Emily, and plans to leave for her place in France. Old wounds between Isabelle and her parents open around Isabelle's life style. It's also apparent that Isabelle's mother, Paula, is unhappy - with her husband and with her youthful hopes dashed when she became pregnant with Isabelle. Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the co-star of the film she's just made has followed her, checked into a nearby hotel, and wants to begin an affair, even though he's married. Can Isabelle sort it out? What's best for Emily?
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Cast
20 people
Brigitte Fossey
Isabelle
Known for
The Party
Cinema Paradiso
Hildegard Knef
Paula
Known for
The Murderers Are Among Us
Fedora
Christoph Holch
Jürgen Knieper
Sylvie Ponsard
Ivan Desny
Charles
Known for
World on a Wire
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Ursula Ludwig
Sacha Vierny
Hermann Treusch
Friedrich
Also in
Die Straßen von Berlin
Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist
Suzanne Schiffman
Margaret Ménégoz
Rainer Schaper
Helma Sanders-Brahms Director · Suzanne Schiffman Writer Sylvie Ponsard Writer
United States release December 17, 1986 · Produced in France, Germany · Languages French, German
Production
ZDF
Production
Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion
Production
Les Films du Losange
Production
Literarisches Colloquium
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Flügel und Fesseln
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 2, 1984
London Film Festival
Germany · May 31, 1985
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 1986
Theatrical
Australia
November 28, 1985
France
May 11, 1985 · Cannes Film Festival
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