Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
(Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks)
Drama
1979  1h 35min
 Synopsis
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?
Technical team
Margarethe von Trotta Directing
Wolfgang Bächler Writing
Margarethe von Trotta Writing
Luisa Francia Writing
Martje Grohmann Writing
Eberhard Junkersdorf Producing
Production
Neue Bioskop Film
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