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.
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- 5 wins & 15 nominations
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- (as Yan Polovnikov)
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- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsAt 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.
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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
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.
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- Мовчазні двійнята
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- Gross US & Canada
- $205,135
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $103,860
- Sep 18, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $298,207
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1