I鈥檓 not sure I鈥檝e seen any disturbing film in the last couple of months but I got the chance to see one last week. I鈥檓 not sure the best words to describe this film because it is based on a true life story, and after reading about the lives of the Gibbon twins, this a story that will leave any and every one engrossed. Maybe not just in the best ways.
The Silent Twins (2022)
Like I said, I鈥檓 not sure how best to describe this film. But the movie begins with a very disturbing animation and two girls who I presume are the twins that use mostly their teeth to talk. They are pretending to be radio presenters and telling a lively story. The moment their Mom knocks on the door, they retreat into silence, and this more or less is everything this film is about.
They are incredibly talented when it comes to writing. Crafting the most vivid images with their words that are not exactly conventional but they are unique and true to them. When their works kept getting rejected by different publishing houses, they attribute this to a lack of inspiration because they don鈥檛 go out more, and don鈥檛 have a romantic life.
And so, they do. They set their sights on an American teenager who indoctrinates them into a world of alcohol, cigarettes and sex. On a note of inspiration from this teenager they idolize, they vandalize an establishment and are charged with arson and theft. They don鈥檛 get the help they need and are detained in a psychiatric hospital. They have two choices there. Stay together and die. Or separate and be free.
Because I know there are a lot of people who actively hated and were disgusted by the film, I鈥檒l give my two cents. I found a few things contradicting. In the original story, the twins were painted as difficult people but moreso those around them like their families who were unwelcoming and their teachers who refused to give them the help they needed.
But in the movie, this was not the case. The entirety of the movie, in fact, was about how everyone around them kept rallying around and trying to get them the help they needed. Also, the ending where it seemed like nearly two decades or more had passed but everyone looked the same including their parents, that was kind of a loophole for me as well.
But to those saying that this movie is trash because you found it disturbing or the way the girls talked, disturbing. Or the animations, disturbing. That鈥檚 literally the whole point. This movie is not meant to be entertaining. It鈥檚 meant to be engrossing and reflective of two girls who were wronged by the system.
The Bront毛 girls talked to themselves and were definitely weird but they weren鈥檛 institutionalised, but these black girls, (because let鈥檚 face it, the reason why they weren鈥檛 given ample fair hearing and just left in that hospital to rot has a lot to do with their race), were abandoned.
I found too many things in the film disturbing and I鈥檓 guessing that this was the image that was supposed to be passed by the directors. The animation creeped me out, the way the sisters talked as well. Almost everything. But they had issues that were never really talked about or resolved. I, for one, would have liked to know what really pushed them to be silent. And I never got to really understand that.
But, it is what it is really. A disturbing watch, and you鈥檙e not sure what you learnt but I guess it doesn鈥檛 feel like much of a waste when you realize that it was based on a true story. I certainly wouldn鈥檛 have had glowing comments if this was someone鈥檚 nearly morbid imagination. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Watch this film, or not.
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