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The Double Life of Veronique
starring: Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini, Wladyslaw Kowalski
directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302508758
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302508754
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1991
Sales Rank: 16822

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- The "Meeting"
In the film, Veronique catches just a glimpse of her "other self" as a bus pulls away, but that glimpse raises the question: suppose the two Valentines actually did meet? Such a meeting would pose some fascinating questions, I think. And the possibility of such a meeting made me recall two wonderful pieces of fiction by the master Argentinean poet/philosopher/writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). In two of his short stories such meetings actually do occur; "The Other" (from "The Book of Sand" - 1975) and "August 25, 1983" (from "Shakespeare's Memory" - 1983). Could Kieslowski have read these works?

Rating:

- Excellent
The Double Life Of Véronique (La Double Vie De Véronique) is the 1991 French-Polish film by Krzysztof Kieslowski, written by himself and Krzysztof Piesiewicz that was the presage for the greatness of the Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, and Red), and was an international sensation at both the Cannes and New York film festivals, for here is where the gilt-hazed camera work of Slawomir Idziak, the music of Zbigniew Preisner (although slyly credited to the fictional Van den Budenmayer in the film- a running joke within Kieslowski's later works), and Kieslowski's own vision first touched greatness- even if it is a conditional greatness, more of sensuality than sense. The film has been rhapsodized by international film critics as Kieslowski's `coming out' film, but one can see it is clearly ... Read More

Rating:

- Soul Sisters
Director Krzysztof Kieslowski had previously explored the concept of multiple and parallel possibilities in life for the same person with his film, PRZYPADEK, (BLIND CHANCE) 1987, and with a brief subplot in the ninth episode of THE DECALOGUE (1990). With VERONIQUE, he probed deeper into the metaphysical probabilities in life, and postulated that each of us could, or might have a "doppelganger" out there, walking on this sphere just as we are, two almost identical parts of the same spiritual entity, and two separate but nearly identical souls. We can, or might be "aware" of that other presence, and we could share insights, instincts, fears, mishaps, dangers, and health issues.

Weronika (Irene Jacob) lived in Poland, a young woman still residing at home with her father. She has a ... Read More

Rating:

- Absorbing Tale of Love With Marvellous Moods., 8 Oct 2007
Plot:

Although oblivious to the other's existence, Veronika, an aspiring Polish soprano, and Véronique, a Parisian music teacher, gradually become aware that they are connected to a spiritual twin.

My Review:

His earliest film to date that undertakes the acting of Irène Jacob.

The themes embellished are of a deep mysterious balance of fate upon the lives of two women sharing more that several physical and psychological traits. It doesn't push the idea of them being linked by pure coincidence or a grander design, just touches on it and lets you decide for yourself.

The mosaic shots really do emphasise the warmth of the worlds inhabited by Veronika in Krakow and Véronique in Paris, with a score that balance them as much as ... Read More

Rating:

- One-third good, two-thirds bad
A comment on the DVDs, and a comment on the movie.

Both Irène Jacob and the screenwriter comment on how few scenes Kieslowski picked from the vast amount he had shot, to make this short movie. Jacob even says she hardly recognized the film she had worked on when she saw it in the theater. The screenwriter says that five movies could have been made from the scenes shot. -- The movie is one hour 35 minutes long. That leaves four and a half hours for the two Criterion DVDs to show us some of these deleted scenes. Guess what? No deleted scenes. This annoyed me.

As to the film, the first image shows Veronika, the Polish girl, singing ecstatically as the rain falls on her face, while the rest of the chorus has taken refuge from the rain. -- The second image is of her making ... Read More

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