Movie of the Week: Twinsters
Alexa: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and those stories are often the most fascinating. “Twinsters” is no exception. In a nutshell, Anais Bordier, a French fashion student studying in London, sees a YouTube video of actress Samantha Futerman and she’s struck by their uncanny resemblance. When Anais finds out they share the same birthday, she contacts Samantha on Facebook and learns they were also born in the same city in South Korea and adopted as infants. Being in the film industry, Samantha naturally decides to document the experience shortly after she and Anais first connect - and it’s a strange and beautiful journey. “Twinsters” is a low budget, unpolished documentary, but that’s a huge part of its charm. It only enhances the deeply personal nature of the story. You can’t help but feel like you’re literally right there next to them as they discover their roots. The split-screen Skype conversations and text message bubbles are a nice touch for a tale so driven b...