Twin Sisters (2002)

Original title

De Tweeling

Directed by

Ben Sombogaart

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

16

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two twin sisters are separated as children during World War Two. One grows up in Germany with a wealthy family and the other in the Netherlands in poverty. The film follows their difficult lives and the strained relationship that develops between them.

melancholicemotionally intenseslow-burnbittersweetsomberreflectivehauntingpoignant

What happens

Twin Sisters (Dutch: De Tweeling) is a 2002 Dutch film, directed by Ben Sombogaart, based on the novel The Twins by Tessa de Loo, with a screenplay by Dutch actress and writer Marieke van der Pol. The film stars Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel and Gudrun Okras. The two girls/women are each played by three different actors from the Netherlands and Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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