MagdalenaandMariaaretwotwinsisterswhowereseparatedatbirthandknownothingoftheother’sexistence. MariarunsawayfromtheboardingschoolinwhichshewasbroughtupandfindsworkasacabaretperformerinthecafésofMarseilles. Magdalenaliveswithheradoptedparentsandworksinanartgallery. Thetwosistersarejoinedbyaninvisiblebondwhichdrawsthemtowardsthesametragicconclusion. DirectorWernerSchroeterhasacquiredareputationasanexperimentalistfilmmaker,hailedbysomeasanunderratedgenius,reviledbyothersforbeingapeddlerofself-indulgentkitsch. DeuxisarguablySchroeter’smostambitious,unsettlingandrepulsiveworktodate. Thedirectorcertainlywastesnotimeinalienatinghisaudience;fromthefirsttenminutesofthefilmitisclearthisisnotgoingtobeaneasyride. Thenarrativecutshaphazardlybetweenseeminglyunconnectedevents,alternatingbetweenrealismandstylisedfantasydreamsequences,periodicallyshockingthespectatorwithgraphicimagesoflesbiansexandawomanbeingslowlydisembowelled. Havingseveralactorsplayingmultiple
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