"Kieslowski’s first film after the fall of the communist state... tells the story of Weronika, a young woman living on...
"Kieslowski’s first film after the fall of the communist state... tells the story of Weronika, a young woman living on Poland, who has an exact double, a sort of cross-cultural identical twin, Véronique, in France... Both are, to say the least, 'good' and beautiful... [Both] have extraordinary singing voices, and potentially fatal heart conditions.
"The difference is that one surrenders to something I will call beauty, or rather rushes into its arms, whereas the other evades it – trying to go about a materially pleasant but circumscribed life. In the end, the second finally faces her relation with her twin and to a realm of experience outside the local." (Georgia Brown, Village Voice)
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92 %20,219 reviewsAudience score rating
"A most seductive movie... a magnificent visual and aural experience..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It is important to resist the temptation to figure out every last detail of "The Double Life of Veronique," the mysterious and poetic new film by Krzysztof Kieslowski. That way lies frustration..."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Compelling, challenging and irresistibly beautiful, this delicate metaphysical masterpiece only emphasises how much cinema lost through Krzysztof Kieslowski's tragically early death..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Meandering through a maze of poetic ambiguity towards what could loosely be described as an ending, this precious puzzle of a picture would be hard-pressed to sustain interest without the spellbinding Jacob..."
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BBC
BBCThe Double Life Of Veronique | Details
Award winner- Cannes Film Festival 1991, winner of Best Actress (Jacob).
- Runtime
- 98
- Genre
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Country of origin
- France, Poland, Norway
