Penélope Cruz stars as a single mother in this romantic drama. After losing her adored husband (Emile Hirsch) during the...
Penélope Cruz stars as a single mother in this romantic drama. After losing her adored husband (Emile Hirsch) during the Bosnian War, Gemma escapes from the 1992 siege of Sarajevo with her newborn child. Sixteen years later she returns to the city with her son so that he can visit the city of his birth and discover his father's story.
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17 %24 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
68 %1,607 reviewsAudience score rating
"“The weirdest love stories are always the best ones,” says Emile Hirsch’s character, Diego in Twice Born. Weird may not be the best way to describe this sweeping romance, set in the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Rather, it’s an intriguing tale, driven by the desire to have a child, that takes place between flashback scenes of war-torn Sarajevo, and the present day. Middle-aged Gemma (Penelope Cruz) has returned to the city with her ambivalent teenaged son, Pietro at the invitation of an old friend, Gojko (Adnan Askovic)."
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Flicks
Flicks"Overwrought, unevenly acted and plowing through the Siege of Sarajevo with blinkers on (it’s never even clear who’s fighting whom and for what reason)... has little to offer beyond some pitiful twists."
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Variety
Variety"Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch are ill-matched – in every sense – lovers in Sergio Castellitto’s misguided romantic melodrama."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterTwice Born | Details
- Runtime
- 124
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Country of origin
- Italy, Spain
