Twinsters
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| Screenplay by | Samantha Futerman |
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| Cinematography | Ryan Miyamoto |
| Edited by | Jeff Consiglio |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Twinsters is a 2015 documentary film which covers the true-life story of identical twin sisters, separated at birth, discovering each other on-line, meeting, confirming their identity with a DNA test, and exploring aspects of their background together.
Background
Anaïs Bordier is a French student studying in the UK. She is sitting on a London bus when a friend sends her a still picture from a YouTube video. She is amazed by the physical similarity of the American woman in the video to herself, but fails to find more information. Some weeks later, she receives the trailer of the film 21 & Over, which features the same woman. After some research, she finds that her doppelgänger is actress Samantha Futerman, who like her was born in South Korea and adopted as a baby. She is also shocked to find that they have the same date of birth, so she reaches out to her potential twin via Facebook.[1]
Plot
The film opens with Futerman explaining to the audience that she wants to share the crazy story that happened to her a few days previously. It introduces her family and explains that she received a friend request on Facebook from a stranger, and when she looks at the account's profile picture she sees her own face looking back at her. She accepts the friend request, and receives a message from Bordier hinting strongly that they may be twins and asking her for more details of her birthplace. The two women then text back and forth and agree to speak to each other on Skype.
Futerman visits twin expert Dr. Nancy Segal and the two women take DNA samples together while using Skype. A trip to London is organized and using friends as buffers, the women finally meet. That evening, they both speak to Dr. Segal over Skype who confirms it is beyond doubt that they are identical twins. The film documents their further experiences, including Bordier's visit to Futerman in California, and the twins' subsequent trip to Seoul for a conference of Korean adoptees. All along, they have pursued their birth mother, who denies having the twins. At the end, they compose a message to this woman, to thank her for giving them life.
References
- ↑ Chang, Justin (1 April 2015). "Film Review: ‘Twinsters’". Variety. p. 1. Retrieved 25 November 2015.