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Three Identical Strangers 7.7 2018 Movie

Three Identical Strangers

Dir. Tim Wardle · UK, United Kingdom · English, French

An impossible true story with a dark underbelly

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Our take by Bilal Zouheir

This is a documentary with a dark underbelly. When Bobby Shafran goes on his first day at college, everyone seems to recognize him. The person they’re actually recognizing is his twin brother, as the two were separated at birth by an adoption agency. A third brother surfaces to make the story even crazier, but things take a darker turn when questions arise about why they were separated as toddlers and to what end. If it wasn’t a documentary, this story would be an unusual science fiction on the themes of identity and nature vs. nurture.

What happens

New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"So bizarre is the tale that Tim Wardle tells, in his new documentary, and so unnervingly mixed the emotions that it provokes, that the less you know about it beforehand the better."

— Anthony Lane

"What follows is a gripping search for answers that consumes us completely; after a while, the slapdash lapses in the filmmaking actually start to evince an inadvertent sense of urgency."

— Matthew Eng

Awards

BAFTA

1 nom

Nominated: Best Documentary

DGA

1 win

Won: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

Sundance

1 win

Won: U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling

Nat. Board of Review

1 win

Won: Top 5 Documentaries

Comments

  1. Intriguing and upsetting at the same time. This one will draw you in and make you wonder about everything!

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Bilal Zouheir

Bilal Zouheir

Bilal Zouheir is the founder of A Good Movie to Watch. He is based in the US and a member of the Nevada Film Critics Society. He grew up in Morocco, where he learned English from watching movies. Bilal's work with A Good Movie to Watch is focused on offering an alternative to streaming algorithms, which are often used as commercial tools by streaming services.