Twin Sisters – A World Apart | Click here to watch
(58 min; 2015; Norwegian and English with subtitles)
Director: Mona Friis Bertheussen
Recipient of the Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Gottenborg International Film Festival 2014
The poignant true story of twin sisters from China, found as babies in a cardboard box in 2003 and adopted by two separate sets of parents - one from California, the other from a remote fishing village in Norway. The film tells the remarkable story of their parallel journey, punctuated by only the odd visit, videos and photographs - until they meet for a longer visit in Norway when they are eight years old. Despite living completely different lives and speaking different languages, they are mirrors of each other - the magical bond between them is extraordinary.
This is the story of our notions of family - the genetic ones we inherit and the ones we create.
