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New York, 1980: three complete strangers accidentally discover that they are identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but it also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives - and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Type: unscripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: November 30, 2018

Also Known As: Bliscy nieznajomi, Trois étrangers identiquesTrei străini identici, まったく同じ3人の他人, Three Identical Strangers, Tre identiska främlingar, Tre identiske fremmede, 三個一模一樣的陌生人, Tres idénticos desconocidos, Tři blízcí neznámí, Três Estranhos Idênticos, Tvillingexperimentet, Три схожих незнайомці, Három egyforma idegen, Trys nepazistami broliai, Три одинаковых незнакомца, Üç Tanidik Yabanci, Shlosha Za'rim Zehim |  See more »

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Plot Keywords

biography
adoption
triplets
suicide
depression
restaurant
ethics
regret
separated at birth
multiple birth
long lost siblings
parenting
mental illness
stranger than fiction
human guinea pig
unethical experiment
geneticist
bipolar depression
restaurant owner
statute of limitations
unsolved mystery
year 2066
investigation
medical mystery
medical assistant
female medical assistant
secret experiment
medical experiment
jewish
family feud
the new yorker the magazine
research
psychological study
scientific experiment
repeated scene
montage
black and white scene
flashback
flash forward
black and white flashback
videotaping
child development
psychological testing
psychiatrist
psychiatry
scientist
scientific research
attorney
la jolla california
research assistant
reference to michelle obama
reference to barack obama
reference to robert redford
reference to al gore
reference to errol flynn
reference to pablo picasso
painting
reference to anna freud
psychology
bevarorial psychology
inheritance
hereditary condition
street life
year 1965
businessman
work ethics
death of adoptive father
betrayal
beard
manic depression
mental health
psychiatric ward
peer pressure
dysfunctional childhood
mental problem
year 1968
letter
reading a letter aloud
schizophrenia
biological parents
psychiatric hospital
marriage
shaving
dna
prediction
cassette
archival audio recording
aerial camera shot
year 2008
yale university
archive
computer
website
year 1960
child development center
clinical psychologist
year 1969
little boy
boy
archival footage during end credits
watching a video on a computer
human lab rat
pride
framed photograph
disciplinarian
unhappiness
cat
falling in love
biology
destiny
gene
redaction
text on screen
family reunion
media frenzy
mistaken for one's brother
year 1980
new york city
teenage boy
sullivan county college new york
adoption agency
upper middle class
middle class
working class
fame
home movie
archive footage
talking to the camera
jew
catskill mountains new york
community college
nickname for car
college freshman
reenactment
kiss
knocking on a door
college dormitory
friend
friendship
year 1961
telephone call
louise wise services
reckless driving
speeding
new york state trooper
police car
long island new york
knocking on a car window
speeding ticket
photograph
identical twins
identical triplets
newsday the newspaper
newspaper reporter
looking in a mirror
journalist
airplane
printing press
subway
newspaper
picture in a newspaper
new york post the newspaper
long island jewish hospital new york
new hyde park long island new york
scarsdale new york
physician
doctor
telephone
surrealism
frisbee
mercury capri
long lost brother
reference to good housekeeping the magazine
stranger
older woman younger man relationship
snapping one's fingers
baby
blue collar
female attorney
medical doctor
teacher
immigrant
english as a second language
jewish nickname
anger
banging one's head
holding one's breath
separation anxiety
year 1916
year 1982
rain
umbrella
champagne
giving a toast
law firm
lawsuit
new york city skyline
sex
drug use
studio 54
partying
bachelor apartment
appendicitis
medical insurance
medical scam
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
husband wife relationship
bachelor
reference to casanova
irish catholic
interreligious romance
wedding
jewish wedding
yarmulke
thanksgiving
birthday
horseback riding
new york public library
47th street manhattan new york city
search for birth mother
prom night
mother son relationship
triplets the restaurant manhattan new york city
soho manhattan new york city
austin texas
tape recorder
manhattan new york city
ann arbor michigan
chrysler building manhattan new york city
car
study of children
rock 'n' roll
jewish board of family and children's services
volvo
going away to college
mistaken for someone else
two in a phone booth
human experimentation
appendix
aunt nephew relationship
adopted son
stepmother stepson relationship
brother sister relationship
payphone
telephone booth
suicide by gunshot
old woman
twin sister
austrian
crib
refugee
nature versus nurture
timeframe 1980s
biographical documentary
statue of liberty new york city
twins
interfaith romance
clone
cigar smoking

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Production Co: RAW

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