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Plot. Ruza ( Mirjana Karanović) a Serb, left Belgrade more than 25 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence.
Jul 12, 2018 · Ruza left Belgrade for Switzerland as a young woman full of hope for a new and better life. Twentyfive years later she appears to have achieved everything: She owns a canteen in Zurich, which she...
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Fräulein is a diminutive ('Verniedlichungsform') of Frau. Diminution is considered an intimate act, used a lot with nicknames couples give each other ( Häschen, Mäuschen, Bienchen, Bärchen) or for "lovely little beings" like children and pets. So using Fräulein has a touch of intimacy not convenient to many women.
- Fräulein is a diminutive ('Verniedlichungsform') of Frau . Diminution is considered an intimate act , used a lot with nicknames couples give each o...
- A major effort from feminist linguistics is achieving equality of men and women in spoken or written language. All terms that discriminate men and...
- 'Fräulein' was mainly used for unmarried women, and therefore for very young women when in doubt. Not being married was often considered a failure,...
- Yes, it absolutely is offensive. It is also not used at all anymore (except in some situations with small children). It does not denote class statu...
- I wouldn't say it's offensive. It's rather dated and rarely used. That's all.
- The same tendency of avoiding to categorize by marital status is observed in English and French. In French, the term mademoiselle is mostly used fo...
- It should be noted that, while using "Fräulein" for (obviously) grown-up women can be taken as offensive, and is at least awkward (but can still be...
- "Fräulein" is the German equivalent of "mademoiselle". As stated by others, it used to indicate marital status. Modern feminist ideology, hugely su...
- If the woman is young (max 30 years based on appearances) you can call her Fräulein! Depends on who you're calling. Also, women like to be consider...
Das Fräulein ist ein im Jahr 2006 erschienener Spielfilm der Schweizer Regisseurin Andrea Štaka. Der Film über drei aus dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien stammende Frauen, die in der Schweiz leben, gewann im selben Jahr den Goldenen Leoparden des Locarno Film Festivals .
Jan 25, 2007 · Ruza left Belgrade for Switzerland as a young woman full of hope for a new, better life. 25 years later she appears to have achieved everything: She owns a canteen in Zurich, which she manages with a firm grip and financial success. Ruza values her meticulously-structured daily r... Read all.
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- 2007-01-25
Feb 18, 2021 · A Fräulein is, literally translated, a “little woman”. The word das Fräulein is quite obviously a derivative of the German word for woman: die Frau. Belittling of a word in German comes with the ending -chen or -lein. For example: das Mädchen (the girl) and das Fähnlein (the little flag).
Feb 7, 2020 · FRÄULEIN. by Andrea Staka. synopsis. Ruza left Serbia, her country, over thirty years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of repetitive moments until, one day, Ana arrives on the scene and upsets Ruza's painstakingly organized world.
