Free Chicago Screening: “Twin Sisters” Film from the Netherlands – Sep 9

On Sept 9th,  Cinema/Chicago, the presenter of the Chicago International Film Festival, is giving a free screening of the film Twin Sisters which is presented by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.  Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.  The film story line is that in 1926 in Germany, the twin sisters Anna and Lotte Bamberg are separated after the death of their parents. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle’s rural farm. The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts each of them on their lives and finally in old age when they meet again, with the hope that the differences in their youth can finally be reconciled.  Admission is free and seating is on a first come, first served basis. The free screening starts at 6:30pm. A discussion about the film will follow the free screening.

Cinema/Chicago, the presenter of the Chicago International Film Festival, once again is teaming up with Chicago’s various consulates and cultural organizations to present the sixth annual International Summer Screening Program at the Chicago Cultural Center (77 E. Randolph Street).