An intricate examination of sisterhood which takes a pensive look at the complexities and labyrinths which sculpt and shape identity, Margarethe von Trotta's Marianne and Juliane traverses the socio-political fulcrum which sits between reform and revolution to deliver an intriguing tale of the tumultuous but ultimately committed relationship between two sisters. Oscillating between past and present, Margarethe von Trotta's film examines the divergent paths which persist in even a shared social environment such as sisterhood, exhibiting how convictions and beliefs calcify and influence actions. Resolute in the belief that the persistence of love in the face of such divergence or differentiation is a necessity, Marianne and Juliane is incisive in its recognition that in the face of conflicting sensibilities, respect and humanism is what ultimate drives a collective sense of understanding. Managing to holistically view the personal, political, and social as interdependent forces, Marianne and Julianne is a humanistic portrait of sisterhood first and foremost, using this intrinsic bond to deliver a mature and subversive examination of identity, social action, and vicissitudes which persist in any meaningful pursuit of progress.
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