Your birthday twin in a war zone, another in exile—same day, same world, utterly different lives.
Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich archival material, the filmmaker links these Parallel Lives with elements from his own biography, to compose a fascinating fresco where intimate trajectories are part of the advent of the global village.
Editing
Deft weaving of five lives across decades without losing thread.
Direction
Matter's invisible hand—present but never ego-driven.
Production
Archival gold mine spanning five continents, five decades.
Director
Frank Matter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film quietly argues that 'global village' flattened difference into sameness; these five lives resist that flattening.
Matter spent six years tracking subjects who initially refused filming; the Chilean twin's consent arrived two weeks before final cut.
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