Sure, you’ve heard stories about twins being separated at birth, but sometimes, you can’t tell the truth from fiction. What about triplets strategically separated at birth for a special experiment unbeknownst to even the adoptive parents? Well, that’s the real life story of Three Identical Strangers, a documentary about triplets who found each other late in life.
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Director Tim Wardle brings the story of Robert Shafran and his identical twin brothers in Three Identical Strangers. As told in the film, Robert Shafran, known as Bobby, got to college in 1980 and was startled to be greeted warmly by perfect strangers! At this small community college in upstate New York, girls kissed 19 year-old Bobby affectionately and others shared gossip with him…all on his first day!
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Mistaken Identity
Alas, things started to click when he heard some students calling him “Eddy.” One of the students say his confused reaction to being greeted by the name “Eddy.” He explained that Bobby looked just like a guy who was at the school the year before.
Mistaken Identity