The Double Life of Veronique (2-DVD)

Each of us is matched somewhere in the world, by our exact double - someone who shares our thoughts and dreams
The Double Life of Veronique (2-DVD)
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Format:  DVD  (2 Discs)
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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 9, 2011
  • Originally Released: 1991
  • Label: Criterion Collection

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Directed by

Major Awards:

Cannes 1991 - Best Actress: Irène Jacob

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 20,114
Rating: 3/5 -- If Double Life is arguably only half as rewarding as some of Kieslowski's other films, then it remains an indelible entry in an outstanding career. Full Review
BBC.com
Mar 21, 2006
It operates purely on visual juxtapositions, emotion and the presence of lead actress Irene Jacob. In its own terms, it's subtly precious. Full Review
Washington Post
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 2.5/4 -- If Kieslowski's overarching metaphors about Weronika/Veronique seem strained, Jacob's sensuous and delicately nuanced performance will double your pleasure. Full Review
Boulder Weekly
Dec 4, 2006
A mesmerizing poetic work composed in an eerie minor key. Full Review
Washington Post
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 4/5 -- A remarkable parable on the essential unknowability of human experience. How, outside of our homogenised worlds, the ephemera of images that we call "life" could be but a dream Full Review
Patrick Nabarro
Nov 3, 2018
We see through a glass darkly, and often confusingly, but at least we see.
New Yorker
Apr 3, 2006
Rating: 3.5/4 -- The parts do not quite fit, and anyway this is not a puzzle to be assembled. It is a romance about those moments we all sometimes have when we think we see ourselves at a distance. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000

Product Description:

Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, creator of the masterful THREE COLORS TRILOGY, presents this enigmatic, philosophical drama about duality in the modern world. Weronika (Irene Jacob), a young Polish woman, embraces each aspect of her life with zeal. She has many friendships, sexual and platonic, and a variety of interests. A serious heart ailment, however, debilitates her periodically, but she refuses to let it hold her back. On her way to a singing contest, she sees a woman who is her spitting image. Weronika tries to catch the look-alike's attention, but fails. The second woman, the French Veronique (Jacob), is also a gifted singer yet she rejects this talent to teach at a primary school. Eventually she, too, senses the presence of another force in her life, but it isn't until Alexandre (Philippe Volter), an artist, appears that she finally recognizes this for certain. Kieslowski's superb film is a lyrical study of the divided but inextricably linked worlds of Eastern and Western Europe, featuring two remarkable, soul-bearing performances by the gorgeous Jacob.

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