2022 film
The Silent Twins |
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Theatrical release poster |
Directed by | Agnieszka Smoczyńska |
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Screenplay by | Andrea Seigel |
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Based on | The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace |
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Produced by |
- Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska
- Ewa Puszczyńska
- Ben Pugh
- Joshua Horsfield
- Anita Gou
- Alicia van Couvering
- Letitia Wright
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Starring | |
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Cinematography | Jakub Kijowski |
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Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
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Distributed by | |
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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)
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Running time | 113 minutes[4] |
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Countries |
- United Kingdom[1]
- Poland[1]
- United States
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Language | English |
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Box office | $298,207[5][6] |
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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 was 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,[7] was released in the United States on September 16, 2022, by Focus Features,[8] and was released in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2022, by Universal Pictures.
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- ^ "Silent Twins (2022) Agnieszka Smoczyńska". Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "The Silent Twins". Cannes Film Festival. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "The Silent Twins (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "The Silent Twins (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ Scott Roxborough (April 14, 2022). "David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt Set for Cannes Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ Humphrey, Julia (July 13, 2022). "'The Silent Twins' Trailer Teases a Captivating and Imaginative True Story". Collider. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.