 After they dance, they develop a friendship and Ali follows Emmi home, staying at her apartment for the night.After more interaction, they start to fall in love and Ali continues to live with Emmi.Emmi decides to visit her children to introduce them to Ali; daughter Krista (Irm Hermann) and her tyrannical son-in-law Eugen (Fassbinder himself); Eugen thinks she is losing her sanity and Krista thinks that her mother – who has been a widow for years – is fantasizing.