Doc. 3 IDENTICAL STRANGERS Joyous Reunion- Indefensible Separation for Scientific Study

This documentary/re-enactment film of a remarkable reunification of identical triplets separated at birth and reunited at 19 by serendipitous coincidences seems too incredulous to be true.  It is true but if the rejoicing & love feast fostered between Eddy, David and Robert seems too good to be true - it's because it's not truly good.  The fast friendship amongst the 3 & notoriety quickly turns into a horrific psychological tampering that is abhorrent and absolutely non-justifiable.  The filmmaking is a pastiche of past tense re-enactments, archival footage, journalistic investigative reporting and present tense interviews (storytelling verity') with 2 of the triplets and family members, friends and wives of Eddy Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran.  Knowing only 2 of the triplets are on camera telling their live's story is ominous foreshadowing; fortunate familial reunification turns tragic.  Eddy & David first meet each other at 19 when David enters an NY community college where his (unbeknownst) brother Eddy attended the previous year.  Fellow classmates clamored welcoming him back to campus where he knew no one & everyone called him Eddy.  A friend of Eddy's brought the 2 together for the first time and the shocking & exciting "Parent Trap" scenario receives a lot of news coverage.  The photos of the two are spotted by David and the identical twosome multiples to three.   Reunited and it feels so good until some good questions were posed.  Why were these boys separated at birth and none of the adoptive parents notified of their child's birth siblings?  The 3 sets of parents sought answers from the same agency from which they adopted their sons.  Coincidentally, all 3 families had adopted daughters as infants and all were 4 years older than their adoptive brothers.  The parents whose rancor at the adoptive agency sought answers.  They were intentionally misled from the real purpose - psychological research pertaining to nature v. nurture.   Aunt Hedy addressed the reprehensible treatment of the young men and their families.  "When you play with humans you are doing something wrong."  The evil plotting was even more egregious as it was lead by a Jewish refugee of WWII.  Separating the babies at birth was atrocious "Nazi shit."   The film is buoyed by the boys enthusiasm.  The course of events are shattering.  The mystery as to conclusions drawn from this remain unclear.  Clearly, the incredulous notion you may have an unknown doppelganger lurks.  This captivating film is a roller coaster of emotions from ecstatic joy to indignant outrage.  It's inconceivably cruel to treat human beings as lab rats.  The true story of THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS is fascinating fact and tragically not fiction.