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Twin Sisters

Twin Sisters

2013•58m•8.3/10
Documentary

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8.3/10(15)

In 2003, the infant Chinese twin sisters Mia and Alexandra were found in a cardboard box. They ended up in an orphanage and were put up for adoption, at which time the authorities apparently decided that it was a good idea to separate them, and to keep silent about the fact that they were twins. Twin Sisters tells their story from the perspective of both sets of adoptive parents: one from Sacramento, California, the other from a tiny village in picturesque Norway. Through a series of coincidences that they later attribute to fate, the parents meet each other during the adoption procedure in China and launch an investigation that reveals the little girls are sisters.

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Production

Moment Film

Language

NO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alexandra Hauglum

Herself, Mia's twin sister

Mia Hansen

Herself, Alexandra's twin sister

Wenche Hauglum

Herself, Alexandra's adoptive mother

Sigmund Hauglum

Himself, Alexandra's adoptive father

Angela Hansen

Herself, Mia's adoptive mother

Andy Hansen

Himself, Mia's adoptive father

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