The Silent Twins (2022 film)

The Silent Twins
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAgnieszka Smoczyńska
Screenplay byAndrea Seigel
Based onThe Silent Twins
by Marjorie Wallace
Produced by
  • Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska
  • Ewa Puszczyńska
  • Ben Pugh
  • Joshua Horsfield
  • Anita Gou
  • Alicia van Couvering
  • Letitia Wright
Starring
CinematographyJakub Kijowski
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Production
companies
Distributed by
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)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$298,207

The Silent Twins is a 2022 internationally co-produced biographical drama film. The film is about 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,. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2022, by Focus Features, and in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2022, by Universal Pictures.