About Three Identical Strangers

"Three Identical Strangers" is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tim Wardle that examines a real-life story involving triplets who were separated at birth. Reunited by an incredible twist of fate, the film probes the fascinating and tragic consequences of their separation, exploring issues pertaining to identity, nurture vs. nature, and ethics in scientific research.

Making / Production

The film was produced by Raw TV, a British television production company, and CNN Films. Wardle used a series of interviews, archival footage and dramatic re-enactments to tell the riveting tale of these triplets.

Actors

• Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran - As themselves, they convey their joy, confusion, and heartbreak in discovering their identities and the truth of their separation with openness and vulnerability.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling.
• The triplets' story was initially a media sensation and widely covered in the 1980s.
• The brothers opened a restaurant in SoHo, New York called 'Triplets Roumanian Steak House.'

Awards

The film won the 2019 BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. It also earned a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated for the Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Quotes

• "It was like looking at yourself in the mirror."
• "I don't know if I will ever be able to describe what it felt like to have found my brothers."

Music, Soundtrack

• "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading
• "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes
• "Quartet for Strings in C Major, Emperor: II. Poco adagio" by Franz Joseph Haydn