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Sheer Madness

1983 · 105 min

A quiet, emotionally charged character study of two women clinging to each other, with a mounting unease beneath the intimacy.}{.

Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
Genres: Drama
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck

Overview: Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with the men in their lives.

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Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
Genres: Drama
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
isolation
identity
gender
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
Written by: Margarethe von Trotta
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen, Franz Buchrieser, Wladimir Yordanoff, Agnes Fink, Felix Moeller
Music: Nicolas Economou
Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
Runtime: 105 min
Country: France, Germany
Languages: German

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