The Silent Twins

The Silent Twins

Imagination will set you free.

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Produced by Kindred Spirit, Madants

2022113 min6.4 / 10

A melancholic, intimate portrait of twin sisters whose shared isolation and creative refuge become both salvation and prison, culminating in a devastating institutional reckoning.

June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, the pair turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into their own fantasy world of inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree of vandalism, the girls are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Silent Twins sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Silent Twins scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does The Silent Twins end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is The Silent Twins violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Silent Twins easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Rarity80

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Surprise13

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Love40

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