Airdate: I Know This Much Is True

HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True, with Mark Ruffalo in dual roles, will screen in early May, express from the US.

Based on Wally Lamb’s 1998 novel, Ruffalo stars as identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey, the latter of whom suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

The miniseries follows Dominick and Thomas through different stages of their lives, and is described as “an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness.”

Based on the 1998 best-selling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance, this limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo. A family saga, it tells a story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America.

11am Monday May 11 on FOX Showcase (rpt 8:30pm).