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OlgaandRuthbecomefriends.Olgaisindependent,separatedfromherhusband,livingwithanimmigrantpianist,andteachingfeministliterature.Ruthiswithdrawn,apainter,possiblymentallyill.Ruthdreamsinblackandwhite,sometimesofhersuicide.Olgalecturesona19th-centurywriter,vonGünderrode,asuicideafterthebreakupofherintensefriendshipwithBettinaBrentano.Ruth'shusbandFranzencouragesthewomen'sfriendship,then,asOlgadrawsRuthoutandthefriendshipdeepens,hebecomesjealous.AfterthewomentraveltoEgypt,Franzhasatirade.Ruthseemscrushedbetweenherhusbandandherfriend,andhowsherespondsisthefilm'sclimax.
