#twinsters

[exfamiliar]

Katie: wanna look at something really appetizing

me: sure

Katie: [turns on face cam]

[helheimawaitsyou]

Twinsters - Anaïs reaching out

[stainedglassgardens]

Twinsters (2015)

[ospreyarcher]

Twinsters

Twinsters is a documentary directed by its star, actress and Youtuber Samantha Futerman, who begins filming when she receives a mysterious message from a French girl living in London. Although the two have never met, they look eerily similar, and they are both Korean adoptees with the same birth date. Could they be twins?

Well of course they are! (Would anyone have bothered turning the footage into a documentary if the answer was no?) But because it was filmed in real time there’s still a genuine feeling of gentle suspense as you watch: the girls are nearly sure almost at once that they’re twins, but the niggling uncertainty gnaws at the edges of the frame until they get DNA confirmation - just a few hours after Samantha and her friends & family all fly over to meet Anais in person. (Wouldn’t that have been an awkward trip if the twin expert who tested their DNA Skyped in to say, “Nah, you guys are not related at all”!)

The serendipitous nature of the documentary makes it particularly fun. The story just landed in Futerman’s lap/Facebook inbox, and her previous filming experience made it possible for her to capture it from the very beginning. 

And it’s just a real feel-good movie (without being sappy). Is there anything better than long-lost relatives finding each other against all odds? Well, it helps if they’re twins separated at birth who swiftly become BFFs because they have so much in common.

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2018 → Twinsters (2015, Samantha Futerman & Ryan Miyamoto)

Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth.

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A quote I really loved from a documentary I was watching on Netflix

[demegoddess]

u guys should really watch this movie about these twins from korea who were separated at birth and find each other via a youtube video at the age of 25 it's very heart warming and just such a good story

[hypable]

'Orphan Black' in real life? Teen girl discovers she has doppelgängers all over the world

If you're into conspiracy theories and the TV series Orphan Black, this will excite the pants off you.