1981 · drama · political · historical
Marianne and Juliane
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta1h 46m1981
Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's caught by the police and put into isolation jail, Juliane remains as her last connection to the rest of the world. Although she doesn't accept her sister's arguments and her boyfriend Wolfgang doesn't want her to, Juliane keeps on helping her sister. She begins to question the way her sister is treated.
Our read: Marianne and Juliane (1981) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · political · historical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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