In 1847, Charlotte Brontë published her novel Jane Eyre – that same year, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was published as well. In 2026, the sisters are making a comeback: the Brontës have returned to the screen and stage. The historical drama is celebrating its revival, even though it never really went away.
Jane Eyre tells the story of an orphan named Jane, a governess who falls in love with her employer, Rochester. Shortly before their wedding, she finds out that he is already married and is holding his wife captive in the attic. Located somewhere between Gothic romance and social critique, the novel deals with female anger, solidarity and the horror of patriarchy.
Based on these motifs, the directing duo Hadodo/Holtz revisits the material: with texts by Nairi Hadodo, the sisterly threads are woven further into intergenerational kinship spaces and comb through the textures of Gothic romance. With song, dance and a keen eye for the still potent conflation of power and love, she advances Brontë’s ideas within the feminist tradition – a reckoning with much-too-beloved idols and much-too-beloved motherfuckers.
