Poto and Cabengo

Mar 25 1980 Not Rated 1h 17m
Documentary

Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.

Plot

Identical young twin girls in the USA have invented their own shared language. Scientists are wanting to study the language but social workers are trying to get the twins to leave their secret language world and enter the mainstream. This means forcing them to speak normal English and lose their secret language. The filmmaker's own questions about this process run across as text at the bottom of the screen, a first use of that technique in documentary.

Written by

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Production Countries

Germany, United States of America

Production Companies

ZDF, J.P. Gorin

Languages

Deutsch, Français, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
436
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA