Plot

Gustav and Oskar are twins. Oskar has Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Both have blue eyes and blonde hair. They approach life in different ways. The director, Axel Danielson, have filmed Oskar and Gustav over a ten year period - from nine to nineteen - as they grow up together in an old farmhouse in the country-side, in the very South of Sweden. In 53 scenes in chronological order we follow the brothers through their journey of childhood, adolescence and struggle for identity.—RSaVLSG

Gustav and Oskar are twins, yet about as different as two people can be. Danielson filmed his nephews in the Swedish countryside for 10 years, and f53 scenes in chronological order feature the brothers as they grow up, from the ages of nine to nineteen. The long period of shooting, together with the family bond, provides us with an intimate portrait, in which we experience the whole process of growing up from very close by. Twin Brothers, is a film about leaving childhood behind. About the secrecy, openheartness and pain that childhood involves, along with its many wonders.—Plattform Produktion