Peter en Erik (2024)

Both have been living in Groningen for years, only thirty kilometers apart as the crow flies. Until their lives accidentally become intertwined at the age of 17. Now, Peter and Erik are determined to find the truth behind their mysterious divorce. Why were they separated and who had the power to separate them? Together with investigative journalist Myrthe Buitenhuis, the brothers delve into the inscrutable world of placement committees, psychoanalytic theories, files, archives and difficult to approach official bodies. The separation of Peter and Erik turns out not to be an incident, but a result of a mysterious scientific study in the United States for which twins were separated at birth. Were they also part of such an experiment? Through experts, the brothers hear about the scientific trends in the 1960s, debates about nature-nurture and about the effect that psychoanalytic theories and institutions can have on human life. With each discovery, Peter and Erik get one step closer to the why and the ideas behind the divorce, before the answers are lost forever.