The Identical (2014) on Netflix
Identical twins are parted as babies in the Great Depression. Drexel Hemsley grows into a rock and roll star. Ryan Wade is raised by a preacher who expects him in the pulpit.
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Plot summary
After Helen and William Hemsley have identical twin boys, the brothers are separated during the Great Depression. One grows up as Drexel Hemsley, a rock and roll star of the 1950s. The other is adopted by Reece Wade, a preacher, and his wife Louise, who raise him as Ryan Wade and are sure he has been called to preach. Ryan's love is music, and the future his parents have planned for him leaves no room for it. With his best friend Dino he launches a music career of his own, playing Drexel Hemsley's songs in sold-out venues nationwide, encouraged by his wife Jenny and his employer Avi.
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