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Movie, 1979

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

IMDb 5.7, 95 min, Drama, Germany

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. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

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DirectorMargarethe von Trotta
WritersWolfgang Bächler, Margarethe von Trotta, Luisa Francia, Martje Grohmann
GenreDrama
Runtime95 min
ReleasedMon, Sep 17, 1979
CountryGermany

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