Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales, part of the only black family in a small town. The two became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone other than each other. They developed their own language and became catatonic when separated. The story takes place after a spree of vandalism inspired by an American boy they both idolize, when the girls, now teenagers, are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.
The Silent Twins
The film is based on the true story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twins from Wales who became famous as "the silent twins" due to their unique habit of only speaking to each other and shunning communication with the outside world.
