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The Silent Twins

  • 2022
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2.7K
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Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance in The Silent Twins (2022)
THE SILENT TWINS is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book The Silent Twins, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.
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Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but... Read allBased on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

  • Director
    • Agnieszka Smoczynska
  • Writers
    • Andrea Seigel
    • Marjorie Wallace
  • Stars
    • Letitia Wright
    • Tamara Lawrance
    • Leah Mondesir-Simmonds
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    2.7K
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    • Director
      • Agnieszka Smoczynska
    • Writers
      • Andrea Seigel
      • Marjorie Wallace
    • Stars
      • Letitia Wright
      • Tamara Lawrance
      • Leah Mondesir-Simmonds
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    • 24User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Letitia Wright
    Letitia Wright
    • June Gibbons
    Tamara Lawrance
    Tamara Lawrance
    • Jennifer Gibbons
    Leah Mondesir-Simmonds
    • Young June Gibbons
    Eva-Arianna Baxter
    • Young Jennifer Gibbons
    Nadine Marshall
    Nadine Marshall
    • Gloria
    Treva Etienne
    Treva Etienne
    • Aubrey
    Michael Smiley
    Michael Smiley
    • Tim Thomas
    Jodhi May
    Jodhi May
    • Marjorie Wallace
    Jack Bandeira
    Jack Bandeira
    • Wayne Kennedy
    Kinga Preis
    Kinga Preis
    • Sister Nowak
    Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
    Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
    • Greta
    Hubert Sylla
    • David (14 y.o.)
    Lara Nieradzik-Vasconcelos
    • Child
    Tony Richardson
    Tony Richardson
    • Dr. John Rees
    Mikolaj Galkiewicz
    • Schoolboy from Haverfordwest
    David Bujoczek
    • Schoolboy from Haverfordwest
    • (as Davic Bujoczek)
    Jan Polovnikow
    • Schoolboy from Haverfordwest
    • (as Yan Polovnikov)
    Agnieszka Binek
    • Schoolgirl from Haverfordwest
    • Director
      • Agnieszka Smoczynska
    • Writers
      • Andrea Seigel
      • Marjorie Wallace
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    6ferguson-6

    true story of sisterhood

    Greetings again from the darkness. Twins often have their own language or way of communicating. However, sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons of Wales took this to a new level, creating a mysterious dark connection that no one else every understood. Andrea Siegel has adapted the screenplay from Marjorie Wallace's book, and Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska (THE LURE 2015) delivers the style and creep factor, while missing out on answering the questions raised with the story.

    The young sisters are seen giving a fake radio broadcast, and we get a glimpse of their awkward behavior during childhood ... behavior that left their parents and siblings feeling helpless. Letitia Wright (BLACK PANTHER, 2018) and Tamara Lawrance (KINDRED, 2020) take over as teenage June and Jennifer, respectively. While the young ones are well cast, it's the work of Ms. Wright and Ms. Lawrance that keep this one watchable despite the meandering. The awkward behavior of adolescents evolves into bizarre behavior of teens, and ultimately criminal behavior and some type of mental illness.

    Pure elation of a new typewriter is all too quickly erased by irritation and anger that leads to fighting, or worse. Director Smoczynska does well to use stop motion animation periodically in helping to explain what's happening with the two girls. Child psychologists have no luck breaking through and the sisters are ultimately separated and locked away at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital by age 19. By this time, it's difficult not to view them as psychopaths.

    It's interesting to watch as these two survive on the fringes of society in near mental isolation, and use writing as a creative outlet to unleash their inner thoughts. We never really know if we should have empathy for the girls, and that becomes even more difficult given their later behavior. Journalist Marjorie Wallace (played here by Jodhi May) documented her interactions with the sisters, but we can't help but wonder if this story is better told in documentary form - despite the strong work from Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

    Opens in theaters on September 16, 2022.
    8jasmaiden

    In order to fully understand need to look at documentary

    This is a film that deserves the screen time however it leaves you with too many questions if you aren't already familiar with the real life tradgedy that this was. The identical twin sisters had a heavy accent from there culture that they were shunned and made out to be a circus act in a predominantly white school. They basically could not fit in and in the middle and end so many people were able to study, dissect, and write books based on them to profit off the fact that if they had just been treated with an ounce of dignity for speech classes as children their entire lives would have been different.
    7Defected74

    Brilliant, but a misunderstood film

    This is a film inspired by true events and is not a documentary to many people's dismay. Most people have the wrong expectations about the style of this film and give it a bad review. I accepted the filmmakers choice to use non-twins for this film. Telling a story like this with this type of artistic creativity could be confusing for people that can't tell twins apart. What this film does bring to the viewer is highlights of some of the bigger moments in the twins lives while occasionally using some art and claymation to emphasize parts of the story being told, and I accepted the use of claymation as a dramatic effect that could resemble the imaginations of the twins, and the inspiration for the music and scoring was quite acceptable and appropriately sets the tone for your emotions. I did think the acting was very good, and when they were silent they easily were able to covey the right expressions to keep me engaged and aware of each twin's reactions and emotions.
    4bp29

    More suited to a documentary

    First the good, the acting is great, I think everyone gives strong performances, no weak links here, also the cinematography is great, some really nice shots and coloring, kudos to the technical team, unfortunately what good is all of this if the story isn't compelling enough, i've seen short films where the acting is less than stellar but great plots that pull you in and make up for weak acting, the problem is these sisters just aren't that interesting, simple as that, or maybe they are, but the writing oddly made this film one dimensional and linear with its plot. We fail to connect with the characters ultimately, and the film just plods along. Honestly the Wikipedia entry is more interesting.
    10rodonnellwriter

    The Silent Twins Speaks Volumes

    I am an identical twin. Understanding them was easy. I felt that bond as a child. The language they created, the words they conveyed to one another without speaking, the worlds they lived in, and the metaphorical dance they endlessly performed was something my twin and I had. The difference was that we grew out of that special closeness, the bubble that we inhabited eventually popped. The film takes us on a similar journey, flawlessly, as if the twins produced it themselves. The direction, script, acting, costumes, art direction, score, and cinematography all masterfully come together to recreate their perfectly delicate and complicated twin-dom. This is a brilliant film, a delicious character study that will touch you deeply... if you let it.

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    • Trivia
      The movie portrays June Gibbons and Jennifer Gibbons as fraternal or "dizygotic" twins, "non-identical twins", "dissimilar twins" or "biovular twins"; Around two in three sets of twins are fraternal. Two separate eggs (ova) are fertilised by two separate sperm, resulting in fraternal or 'dizygotic' (two-cell) twins. These babies will be no more alike than siblings born at separate times. The babies can be either the same sex or different sexes. Or the 'third-twin type' may play its part here too; Some researchers believe there may be a third type of twin, although medical opinion is still divided. It is proposed that the egg splits in two, and each half is then fertilised by a different sperm. This theory is an attempt to explain why some fraternal twins look identical: June and Jennifer were identical twins.
    • Goofs
      At about 31 minutes the girls are asked for social security numbers. In the UK they have National Insurance numbers not SS numbers.
    • Quotes

      Jennifer Gibbons: [writing in her diary] One of the best days of my sweet life. I had sex before marriage. There was a lot of blood. Sorry, God. Your friend, Jen.

    • Connections
      Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: The Most Theatre Walkouts I've EVER Seen | Cannes 2022 Explained (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Bliss
      Lyrics by Zuzanna Wronska

      (Inspired by the writing of June Gibbons and Jennifer Gibbons (as June and Jennifer Gibbons))

      Performed by Zuzanna Wronska, Marcin Macuk and Grzegorz Jablonski

      Vocals: Lucy St Louis

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2022 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Poland
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Мовчазні двійнята
    • Filming locations
      • Szkola Podstawowa nr 45 im. J. Kusocinskiego we Wroclawiu, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Kindred Spirit
      • Madants
      • Canal+ Polska
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $205,135
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $103,860
      • Sep 18, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $298,207
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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