With their established moniker of “The Silent Twins,” June and Jennifer became what Lawrance referred to as “folklore,” characters in a strange narrative of their creation.

Jennifer Gibbons (Tamara Lawrance, left) and her twin sister June (Letitia Wright) enjoy spirited, creative lives when alone but fall mute in the presence of others in “The Silent Twins.” ...

Twins Jennifer (left) and June Gibbons with journalist Marjorie Wallace, author of “The Silent Twins.” PA Images via Getty Images. Jennifer and June’s parents were from Barbados, and the ...

The Silent Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were twin sisters who hadn't spoken to anyone but each other their whole lives. That is, until journalist Marjorie Wallace came along and unearthed their ...

Casting identical twins. June and Jennifer were identical, however, the two sets of actors who play them in “The Silent Twins” are not. Originally, Smoczyńska considered using CGI so that ...

June and Jennifer Gibbons, famously known as the “Silent Twins,” shared a unique and tragic bond that fascinated and baffled the world. Born in 1963 to a Barbadian family and raised in Wales ...

(From left) Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright star as Jennifer and June Gibbons in "The Silent Twins" film in theaters Sept. 16. (Photo: Lukasz Bak/Focus Features) The story of June and Jennifer ...

The story of June and Jennifer Gibbons remains as confounding as ever — even with multiple on-screen and print iterations. The identical twins spent most of their lives mirroring each other’s ...