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Dutch family-oriented filmmaker Ben Sombogaart directs De Tweeling (Twin Sisters), based on the best-selling novel by Tessa de Loo. Using black-and-white and color film stocks to establish the interwoven time periods, the story concerns twin sisters who grow up during WWII. In 1926, orphans Lotte and Anna are separated and forbidden to contact each other. Lotte is taken in by a wealthy Dutch couple to recover from tuberculosis and Anna is sent to work on a farm in Germany under the aegis of her uncle. Each woman becomes romantically involved with a different suitor; when the war breaks out, both sisters lose their men. The socioeconomic differences between their experiences drive them to opposite sides of the battlefront once war breaks out. Years later, they reencounter each other again and face the difficult prospect of a long-delayed reconciliation.

Director: - Ben Sombogaart
Writer: - Tessa de Loo    
Duration: - 137 Min.
Genre: - Drama | Romance | War
Country: - Netherlands
Original Language: - Dutch
Colour: - Colour
Subtitle:- English
Price:- Rs. 349/-

Cast:-
Thekla Reuten - (Young Lotte)
Nadja Uhl - (Young Anna)
Ellen Vogel - (Old Lotte)
Gudrun Okras - (Old Anna)
Jeroen Spitzenberger - (David)

Crew:-   
Hanneke Niens , Anton Smit (Producers)
Marieke Van Der Pol (Screen Writer)
Fons Merkes (Composer)

Awards:-

Academy Awards

2004                    Ben Sombogaart            Best Foreign Film         Nominated

Nederlands     Film Festival

2003        Hanneke Niens        Golden Calf            Won  
2003        Piotr Kukla            Best Cinematography    Nominated
2003        Ben Sombogaart        Best Director            Nominated
2003        Marieke van der Pol        Best Screenplay                 Nominated
2003        Peter Flamman        Best Sound Design        Nominated

Comments:-
"Twin Sisters has the engrossing quality of a big historical novel." Deborah Young, Variety

“A handsomely appointed, solidly acted feature.” Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

“Sweeping, stately and accomplished.” Jonathan Trout, BBC