This film is kind of soap opera. There's good acting and a good story, but there's something important missing. The film tells about twin sisters that love each other deeply, separated by chance and war, brought up in different countries that suddenly find themselves on opposing sides of a battling world. Their emotional distance grows on and on. At the end of the war (second world war), there's so much bitterness that their reconciliation seems difficult. This story as you see, can be rendered in a very interesting way, but as I said before, there's something important missing. The relationship between the sisters, as portrayed in the film, lacks warmth. For instance, their first meeting in the train station, after so many years of separation, could be really moving. It isn't, it's just average. For real emotion in acting see Penelope Cruz in "Non ti Muovere". And the relationship between Lotte and the Jewish pianist looks like a TV commercial selling whisky or cars. It's not convincing at all as a deep love relationship. Don't get me wrong. The acting is generally good but what about the chemistry? Still I think that this is a good film, but it could have been so much better! Nadja Uhl (playing young Anna) gives the better performance of the film. She's more intense and if she finds a talented director(for instance, Almodovar) she'll be able to shine.
Review of Twin Sisters
