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The Silent Twins Movie Storyline. Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales, part of the only Black family in a small town. The two became known as “the silent twins” because of their refusal to communicate with anyone other than each other. They developed their own language and became catatonic when separated. The story takes place after a spree of vandalism inspired by an American boy they both idolize, when the girls, now teenagers, are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.
The Silent Twins is a 2022 internationally co-produced biographical drama film directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska from a screenplay by Andrea Seigel, based on the book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace. The film 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 by Focus Features on September 16, 2022.
The Silent Twins (2022)
Directed by: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Starring: Letitia Wright, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Tamara Lawrance, Eva-Arianna Baxter, Nadine Marshall, Treva Etienne, Michael Smiley, Jodhi May, Kinga Preis, Jack Bandeira, Tony Richardson
Screenplay by: Andrea Seigel
Production Design by: Jagna Dobesz
Cinematography by: Jakub Kijowski
Film Editing by: Agnieszka Glinska
Costume Design by: Katarzyna Lewinska, Cobbie Yates
Music by: Marcin Macuk, Zuzanna Wronska
MPAA Rating: R for drug use, some sexual content, nudity, language and disturbing material.
Distributed by: Focus Features (United States), Universal Pictures (International)
Release Date: May 24, 2022 (Cannes), September 16, 2022 (United States)
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