The Double Life of Véronique

The Double Life of Véronique

  • Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writer: Krzysztof Kieslowski,Krzysztof Piesiewicz
  • Countries of origin: France, Poland, Norway
  • Language: French, Polish, Italian
  • Release date: November 22, 1991
  • Sound mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: The Double Life of Weronika
  • "The Double Life of Veronique" is a romance film directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski and starring Irène Jacob . It was released in France on May 15, 1991.
    The film tells the story of two girls with the same name, who can interact with each other, but their destinies are completely different   .

    Details

    • Release date November 22, 1991
    • Filming locations Main Market Square, Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
    • Production companies Sidéral Productions, Canal+, Zespol Filmowy "Tor"

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,999,955

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,572

    Gross worldwide

    $2,175,939

    Movie reviews

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    • By Domenica 2022-12-31 00:44:34

      "Two Flowers" and "Take Kitano Meets Takeshi Kitano" (Double-sided Takeshi Kitano)

      Throwing the blog post I wrote a while ago as a brick here. . . . .

      Unexpectedly, there are people who, like Toko, compare Chislowski's "Two Lives" with Kitano Takeshi's "Kitano Takeshi meets Kitano Takeshi". After watching Kitano Takeshi's "Big Brother" last week, I wanted to write my opinion on Kitano Takeshi (he is Toko's favorite director), and I wrote the beginning, but I haven't finished it until now.

      The reason why I haven't watched "Big Brother" and "Battle Royale"...

    • By Lupe 2022-12-30 09:55:43

      two veronica

      One in Paris and one in Poland.

      Similar appearance, age, lifestyle. They didn't know each other and didn't know each other's existence. Veronica from Poland has a beautiful voice, but she has a heart problem. At the climax of her first concert, she collapsed and died. At that moment, the other Veronica, suddenly lost something, felt sad, and unprecedented loneliness. "Suddenly become alone though nothing has changed".
        
      By chance, she saw a puppet show, a girl with...

    • By Dee 2022-12-28 17:39:54

      Could another self exist?

      According to reception aesthetics, a work no longer belongs to the author after it is created. It is a re-creation of both the reader and the author. Only a thousand readers have the effect of a thousand Hamlet. Of course, the greater the work, the more significant the effect, because it contains a deep and wide range. The crudest ones hardly show this effect.

      Have thought about a similar question. I often see a sentence, there must be another person in this world who lives the life...

    • By Effie 2022-12-28 09:46:16

      meeting with the soul

      Recalling my childhood, once I was alone, in a small bathroom, a strange feeling suddenly swept through my body: I ​​felt that my body was so strange, it seemed that I had met for the first time, and I didn’t know how to explain this strange body . Why is it this body and nothing else.
         Seeing Vionika, she was feeling the same way, she felt that there were two selves living in her body, what an incredible thing it was. But the thing is so incredible, it haunts Vionica in Paris every day,...

    • By Jodie 2022-12-27 15:46:08

      I have to give it five stars!

      Kieslowski's works, I have seen "The Ten Commandments", "Red", "White" and "Blue", I have to honestly say that when watching these films, out of different psychology, I use more or less After "fast forward", I feel a little ashamed.
        "Veronica's Double Life" I've been thinking about for a few years, I just bought it, and I'm overjoyed.
         It's my favorite of Keith's work, for being able to watch, feel, imagine, and question with a quiet composure.
         The plot will not be...

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    • By Lyda 2023-09-06 07:24:59

      I really don't like the tone of literary films. . . . There are many things that I have thought about, but don't want to think about anymore. Even if such a person exists, I can only continue my life like this. . . Is it mature or old. ....

    • By Eli 2023-08-27 00:15:00

      About the love here, it is to follow that call in the...

    • By Elias 2023-08-26 02:50:09

      We look forward to our own country and are crippled waiting to meet the other half of our...

    • By Ona 2023-08-07 00:02:49

      At a certain moment or in a vision, I also wondered if there would be another me in the world, or I just expected the resonance of a soul. There should be quite a few women like me who get a private viewing experience from this film, which is pure sensibility and release of the soul. The part of the puppet show hurts my heart very much. The Polish Veronica takes up too little space. It may be just like her life is destined to be like this, or it may be more gorgeous and free because of its...

    • By Willow 2023-07-27 15:47:06

      Basically, the plot is very boring, which is the usual boring of French films, but the color of the picture and so on are very good, especially the heroine with a French flavor, her eyes, expressions, she is so fascinating. The singing that appears repeatedly in it is also very good. I don't know what opera it is, but I will study it when I have...

    Movie plot

    The train moved slowly, and the sunlight gently diffused in through the glass windows. She was leaning against the window in a golden and elegant tone, smiling lonely and softly. Gently turn the smooth and round glass ball with your fingertips, and the scenery outside the window is also slowly passing by. The trees and the sky have a kind of vertigo. In a small space. Then I suddenly felt a faint feeling deep in my heart, and the image...
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    Evaluation action

    In the film, the girls named Veronica, the different encounters of the two, deduced multiple themes such as fatalism, mysticism, and feminism. Female audiences will be particularly emotional when watching the film   . (Netease Review)
    The heroine of the film, Elena Jacobs, has the sad beauty of innocence and sexiness, and every shot in the film is exquisite and beautiful. The photography is exceptionally sophisticated, and the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Weronika: Is that me?

      Alexandre Fabbri: Of course it's you.

      Weronika: Why two?

      Alexandre Fabbri: Because during performances I handle them a lot. They damage easily.

    • Alexandre Fabbri: [kissing Veronique's forehead when she's lying upside down on his bed] Let's check and see if we're still bad for each other.

    • Weronika: Not long ago, I had a strange sensation. I felt that I was alone. All of a sudden. Yet nothing had changed.