The Silent Twins

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Silent Twins, The

Polish Films Competition

Cinematographer: Jakub Kijowski

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Producer: Alicia Van Couvering, Anita Gou, Ben Pugh, Ewa Puszczyńska, Joshua Horsfield, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska

Writer: Andrea Seigel, Marjorie Wallace

Production designer: Anna Mocny, Jagna Dobesz

Editor: Agnieszka Glińska

Cast: Jodhi May, Letitia Wright, Michael Smiley, Tamara Lawrance

Production Company: 30West, Kindred Spirit, Madants Sp. z o.o.

Year: 2022

Country: Poland, UK, USA

Time: 113

Date and place:

2022.11.15, 21:30CKK Jordanki - Main Screening Room

Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s first English-language film, based on the book by Marjorie Wallace, tells the true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons - black twin sisters born in 1963 in Wales to a family of Caribbean immigrants from the island of Barbados. Literarily gifted and endowed with artistic imaginations, the sisters talk to each other freely when they are alone. In front of others, even among their loved ones, they don’t say a word. The mysterious conspiracy of silence is not the only element of the sisters’ odd pact, which over time becomes toxic and dangerous to both themselves and their actually somewhat xenophobic surroundings. The unusual sensitivity of the heroines will collide with the heartlessness of those who determine their fate. The film combines realistic live-action sequences with puppet animation and the seriousness of drama with the dreamlike fairy-tale and even the lightness of a musical. Hence, a large part here is given to the musical setting.

Polish Films Competition