You have experienced 'Vanishing Twin.'
'Vanishing' (to disappear) plus 'Twin'-"a twin vanished" ;
'Vanishing Twin' is the medical term for a twin that may have died in the mother's womb. But it also has the psychological meaning of a basic fear-the other half to disappear. Following the traces of her sister's death, 'Yu-jin' finds herself yearning for her sister, whose charisma differs from Yu-jin's comfortable life. As she does this, Yu-jin begins fighting with herself. There might be, inside ourselves, a different self already dreaming a different dream. This different truth, which we cannot remember, is the motif for the film, "Vanishing Twin."
Vanishing twin is a medical term, which means a twin that dies in the womb. Yu-jin is a successful museum curator who leads a satisfying life with her husband and beautiful daughter, Min-ji. One day, she hears that her twin sister will be coming to town from the United States. She feels both excitement and trepidation at the same time. Seung-jin, her twin sister, is quite different from Yu-jin. She possesses a special charisma that Yu-jin and many other people find attractive. Yu-jin even admires her. As her arrival date approaches, Yu-jin cannot help but feel nervous. Her feelings are justified when her brother-in-law arrives alone bearing horrible news of her sister's suicide. Unlike Yu-jin who is devastated, her husband and friends are unusually calm.
And when her brother-in-law tries to seduce her, she feels a strange physical familiarity to him. Suffering from the aftermath of her sister's death, Yu-jin meets a stranger on the web who calls himself art lover. He alludes to the suspicious circumstances surrounding Seung-jin's death and Yu-jin finds herself discovering her sister's past. Art lover awakens physical and psychological memories within Yu-jin that she never knew she possessed. Is she the vanishing twin? The answer to the puzzle lies within her. |