Maria

The film starts in the last days of World War II, during the rushed marriage ceremony of Maria Braun, after which her husband is sent to battle the advancing Allies. After Maria later hears that he has been killed, she becomes the mistress of an African-American soldier. When Maria’s husband unexpectedly returns alive, she kills the soldier in a scuffle, but her husband takes the blame. Maria becomes the self-centered assistant and lover of a wealthy industrialist and a model of post-war recovery.

Maria y Hermann Braun se casan mientras caen bombas poco antes de que este sea enviado al frente ruso. Al final de la guerra le declaran desaparecido, posiblemente muerto. Un mundo se derrumba. Alemania está viviendo su año cero. Entre las ruinas, donde reina el trueque y la prostitución, Maria se hace amante de un soldado negro americano, Bill, del que queda embarazada y, en contra de toda lógica, sigue esperando el regreso de su marido…

A bright, spirited 17-year old, Maria Alvarez, lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. The offer of a lucrative job involving travel–in fact, becoming a drug "mule"–changes the course of her life. Far from the uneventful trip she is promised, Maria is transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking. Her mission becomes one of determination and survival and she finally emerges with the grace that will carry her forward into a new life.

Une jeune Colombienne veut quitter son pays. Elle ne trouve qu'un seul moyen : accepter d'être "une mule" pour le compte d'un trafiquant. Une rencontre décisive L'histoire de Maria, pleine de grâce est née de la rencontre du réalisateur Joshua Marston avec une "mule", une femme qui avait avalé des capsules d'héroïne pour les transporter aux Etats-Unis.

One of Fassbinder's crowning achievements, this an exploration of the complexities and contradictions of postwar Germany as embodied in a trio of unforgettable women. A female survivor of World War II Germany incorporates seduction and self-preservation in order to stay alive.

In Xochimilco 1909, Maria Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Maria Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple faces the greed of Mr. Damian, the town's shop owner who secretly desires Maria. When Maria falls sick with Malaria, Lorenzo Rafael steals a quinine bottle from Damian's shop, unleashing tragedy for the lovers.