Silent Twins (2022)

Original title

The Silent Twins

Directed by

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, Poland, United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the true story of twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons who communicated only with each other and were sent to a high-security hospital after years of silence and rebellion. It follows their bond and struggle inside the institution.

eeriemelancholicpsychologicaltenseintrospectiveslow-burnunsettlingvisually stylized

What happens

The Silent Twins is a 2022 internationally co-produced biographical drama film. The film is about twin sisters, June and Jennifer Gibbons, who were institutionalized at Broadmoor Hospital following years of silence and teenage rebellion. It was directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska from a screenplay by Andrea Seigel, who adapted the book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace. The film stars Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Nadine Marshall, Treva Etienne, Michael Smiley, and Jodhi May. The Silent Twins had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, under the Un Certain Regard section, on May 24, 2022,. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2022, by Focus Features, and in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2022, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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