But they chose writing words and decided to communicate with the outside world through their writings.” That’s what I was really intrigued and inspired by - that June and Jennifer decided not to communicate in a verbal way with the outside world. “And I didn’t want to make just normal biopic drama because it has no interest to me. “For me as a director, was very important to portray them as artists,” says Smoczyńska. The film hits video on demand on Tuesday, following a theatrical run and its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The twins, who notably began to refuse to speak to anyone except each other from an early age, were considered strange by their community and the British press, but Smoczyńska wanted to showcase how the twins did express themselves, through the art they created and the novels they wrote. But in director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s “The Silent Twins,” based on the true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, everyone involved wanted to ensure that a sense of humanity came through in their representation of the identical sisters who were beaten down by a system that refused to understand them. Twins are frequently portrayed onscreen as a novelty, or even as creepy.
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