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The Silent Twins
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgnieszka Smoczyńska
Screenplay byAndrea Seigel
Based onThe Silent Twins
by Marjorie Wallace
Produced by
  • Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska
  • Ewa Puszczyńska
  • Ben Pugh
  • Joshua Horsfield
  • Anita Gou
  • Alicia van Couvering
  • Letitia Wright
Starring
CinematographyJakub Kijowski
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) (Cannes)
  • 16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) (United States)
  • 9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) (United Kingdom)
Running time
113 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • Poland[1]
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$205,135[3][4]

The Silent Twins is a 2022 internationally co-produced biographical drama film about the twin sisters, June and Jennifer Gibbons, who were institutionalized at Broadmoor Hospital following years of silence and teenage rebellion. It is 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,[5] was released in the United States on September 16, 2022, by Focus Features,[6] and was released in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2022, by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Feeling isolated from their unwelcoming community, June and Jennifer Gibbons turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into a fantasy world of artistic inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree of vandalism inspired by an American teenager they both idolize, the girls are summarily sentenced to Broadmoor Hospital, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.

Cast

Production

In February 2020, it was announced that Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance has been cast as twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons in the film The Silent Twins, based on the 1986 book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace, with Agnieszka Smoczyńska set to direct and Andrea Seigel set to write the screenplay, it marks Smoczyńska's English-language film debut.[8] On April 8, 2021 it was announced that Focus Features acquired US distribution rights to the film while parent company Universal Pictures took international distribution rights.[9] Principal photography wrapped in Poland.[10][11]

Release

The Silent Twins had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, under the Un Certain Regard section, on May 24, 2022.[5] It was released in the United States by Focus Features on September 16, 2022,[6] and is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures on December 9. It also screened in the 'World Cinema' section of 27th Busan International Film Festival in October 2022.[12]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 65 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads, "Although it struggles to really get inside the true story that inspired it, The Silent Twins is still a well-acted and poignant dramatization of actual events."[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance to Debut in 'The Silent Twins'". blackgirlnerds.com. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "The Silent Twins". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Silent Twins (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Silent Twins (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Scott Roxborough (April 14, 2022). "David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt Set for Cannes Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Humphrey, Julia (July 13, 2022). "'The Silent Twins' Trailer Teases a Captivating and Imaginative True Story". Collider. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Grierson, Tim. "'The Silent Twins': Cannes Review". Screen. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (February 26, 2020). "'Black Panther' Star Letitia Wright & 'The Long Song' Actress Tamara Lawrance To Star In True Story 'The Silent Twins' For 'The Farewell', 'Ironbark' & 'High Life' Producers – EFM". Deadline. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (April 8, 2021). "Focus Features Acquires 'Silent Twins' With Letitia Wright & Tamara Lawrance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  10. ^ Welk, Brian (April 8, 2021). "Letitia Wright Short Film 'Silent Twins' Acquired by Focus Features". The Wrap. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  11. ^ Kay, Jeremy (April 8, 2021). "Focus Features acquires Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance drama 'Silent Twins'". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "The Silent Twins". Busan International Film Festival. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "The Silent Twins - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  14. ^ "The Silent Twins Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
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