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Nominated for an Academy Award or The Best Foreign Language Film and based on the internationally bestselling novel "The Twins" by Tessa de Loo, Twin Sisters is a powerfully moving and epic love story spanning sixty years.The film opens in Germany 1926,when 6-year old twin sisters are separated over their parents graves.The sickly Lotte is given a loving home in The Netherlands with wealthy distant relatives.Anna remains in Germany with her uncle and aunt, farmers of simple Roman catholic stock."For their own good" the families keep the devastated girls from writing to each other. When they are reunited after 10 years , political changes and bitter divisions in wartime Europe have created a seemingly unbridgeable gap between them. Admist turbulent backdrop of World War 2 , Loette and Anna begin to understand the enormous impact each has on the other, but it remains uncertain whether they can rebuild sisterly bond they have always craved for.Beautifully shot across The Netherlands and Luxembourg, this sweeping film features an outstanding cast who create a genuinely emotional experience
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