August 18th in Chicago, IL. This documentary directed by Tim Wardle is about three identical triplets born to a single Jewish mother in 1961. The mother gave the boys up for adaption to a prestigious East Coast Jewish adaption agency who split the brothers up.
The brothers; Robert, Edward and David were raised by families of different social classes ranging from lower middle class to upper middle class. All of the families had previously adapted children as well. The brothers discovered each other after high school and became pretty famous. They hit the talk show circuit, what was left of the Studio 54 culture and eventually opened a successful restaurant.
However, things weren't so rosy, The brothers found their mother but the reunion didn't go as planned. It also turned out that the brothers suffered from some form of depression that would eventually lead to Edward's suicide. When the families were looking for answers, they come to think that there may have been some nefarious reason for the brothers being split up. Other twins had been split up by psychiatrists and the agency to see how they grew up in different environments. The results were never published. The brothers and their adapted families are convinced that the reason is a sinister experiment. I'm not sure that's where I want to go but I'm not the one that this happened to.
This was a really interesting film which spawns the nature vs. nurture argument. Although the brothers were raised in different environments, they were with loving families. If you're into documentaries then this is a film you should watch.
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