Zwei Frauen

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Zwei Frauen
Directed by	Carl Schenkel
Produced by	Michael Röhrig Carl Schenkel
Written by	Bea Hellmann Carl Schenkel
Starring	Jami Gertz Martha Plimpton
Distributed by	Moviestore Entertainment
Release date(s)	1989
Running time	104 min.
Country	Germany / U.S.
Language	English
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Zwei Frauen (American title: Silence Like Glass) is a 1989 German dramatic film. (Though made in Germany it is set in America and features an American cast with all English dialogue.) The film stars Jami Gertz as Eva, a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room.

Ultimately Eva goes into remission and is able to continue her life, but not before witnessing another young woman's death and also assisting Claudia to suicide.

The film was nominated for Outstanding Feature Film at the German Film Awards. Notably, actress Plimpton shaved her head for this role, a move that would steer the direction of her career for the next several years. (She would again appear bald in the film Parenthood and accompanied then-boyfriend River Phoenix to the Oscars with a bald head.)