| Twin Flower | |
| Native Name: | Fiore gemello |
| Director: | Laura Luchetti |
| Producer: | Giuseppe Gallo |
| Starring: | Anastasyia Bogach Kalill Kone Aniello Arena |
| Music: | Francesco Cerasi |
| Cinematography: | Ferran Rubio Paredes |
| Editing: | Paola Freddi |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Twin Flower (Italian: Fiore gemello) is an Italian drama film, directed by Laura Luchetti and released in 2018.[1] Set in Sardinia, the film stars Anastasyia Bogach as Anna, a young woman on the run from human traffickers who have murdered her father, and Kalill Kone as Basim, a refugee from Côte d'Ivoire desperately trying to avoid being caught by Italian immigration agents, with the two forming a loving bond as they travel together.[2]
Both Bogach and Kone are non-professional actors in their first-ever film roles. According to Luchetti, "I was looking for real people whose emotions had not been infringed by acting techniques or trying to get in the characters. I wanted two real kids who had gone through the experience of leaving their country, where there was a hard reality, getting on the boat, risking their own lives just for the chance to have a future."[3]
The cast also includes Aniello Arena, Giorgio Colangeli, Mauro Addis, Alessandro Pani and Fausto Verginelli.
The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention from the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize jury.[4]