The fourth look at one of my favorite movie moms. (1, 2 and 3 are here)

Mother Kusters in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

Fassbinder’s film about a German women whose husband kills his boss at the factory where he works before killing himself is filled with ideas of motherhood. After the death of her husband, Frau Kusters has to contend not only with the media but also with how her children respond to the media (not so well it turns out, 1 of her adult children leaves, while the other uses the situation to become famous). Not to mention that her search for meaning related to her husband’s death leads her straight to the Communist Party. Also, nobody beats Brigitte Mira!

to learn about widownet, a site that helps widows and widowers deal with their grief, and click click click for an interesting video tribute to Mother Kusters