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Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (German: Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) is a 1979 West German drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
Sisters, Or the Balance of Happiness ★★ Schwestern Oder die Balance des Glucks 1979. Orderly Maria (Lampe) runs the household for her resentful, dependent sister Anna (Gabriel). Opposites in temperment, the dysfunctional duo can neither live with or without each other.
Jan 25, 2024 · 95 min. Genre. Drama. Format. Digital. Synopsis. Two sisters, Maria and Anna, live in the same apartment. The former is very efficient as an executive secretary, while her sister is depressed, thinking of quitting university and withdrawing into her diary. Two lives entwined in a common destiny.
A German career woman (Jutta Lampe) loses a sister (Gudrun Gabriel) and seeks a surrogate (Jessica Früh).
When life does not fulfill Anna's extravagantly romantic hopes, she commits suicide with the express intention of hurting her sister. Maria drops her first romantic involvement with a man and goes into seclusion.
Maria is mother, husband and sister to Anna, until a sudden (though not entirely unexpected) violent action shifts the lives of all the characters. The narrative is framed by ominous, dreamlike scenes of a fairy tale about two sisters traveling through the forest together.
Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary.
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