Ross Theater Seeing Double in Twin Falls Idaho

Michael and Mark Polish, the identical brothers who cowrote and star in Twin Falls Idaho, opening today at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, walk a dangerous tightrope of taste and verisimilitude from which more experienced filmmakers might tumble. They play conjoined twins whose reclusive routines are threatened and broadened by the appearance of a caring woman in their lives.

The minute he wakes up and the minute before sleep-for two minutes each day-Blake Falls feels alone. He tries to grab those minutes before they vanish. They are enough to remind him who he is.

Francis Falls understands that if it weren't for Blake, he wouldn't be able to make it. His conjoined twin's heart is very strong. Blake, he knows, could live without him.

When a beautiful young woman, Penny (Michele Hicks), enters their lives, for the first time someone sees the brothers' world from the inside. She makes them think of possibilities when they're certain there aren't any. They imagine living not as medical anomalies but as individuals who can breathe, walk, and dream on their own.

Also showing is a short feature, Stubble Trouble, by Philip Holahan.

Twin Falls Idaho and Stubble Trouble are showing Dec. 9 through 12 and Dec. 16 through 19. Refer to the Scarlet calendar, below, for screening times.