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The Double Life of Veronique

Irène Jacob (Actor), Wladyslaw Kowalski (Actor), Krzysztof Kieslowski (Director, Writer) Rated:

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Genre	Foreign
Format	Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Claude Duneton, Lorraine Evanoff, Jacques Witta, Aleksander Bardini, Sandrine Dumas, Jerzy Gudejko, Louis Ducreux, Kalina Jedrusik, Philippe Volter, Halina Gryglaszewska, Irène Jacob, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Ryszard Chutkowski, Janusz Sterninski, Slawomir Idziak, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Leonardo De La Fuente, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Bernard-P. Guiremand See more
Language	French
Runtime	1 hour and 38 minutes

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Two women...complete strangers, but strangely linked to each other... Renowned director Krzysztof Kieslowski (Three Colors: Red, White and Blue) confirmed his reputation as one of cinema's visionary filmmakers with this beautifully poetic, elegantly mysterious film that ponders the nature of intuition and the metaphysical connections between people. Irene Jacob lights up the screen as both Weronika, a deeply spiritual Polish soprano, and her double, Veronique, a more earthy French music teacher. Each senses the other and is affected by each other's experiences, though they have no idea of the other's existence. Aided by a haunting operatic score, The Double Life of Veronique is a mesmerizing masterpiece of filmmaking.

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 0.01 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Krzysztof Kieslowski
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 38 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2008
Actors ‏ : ‎ Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Bernard-P. Guiremand, Leonardo De La Fuente, Ryszard Chutkowski
Studio ‏ : ‎ Homevision
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000XXWE1M
Writers ‏ : ‎ Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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HannibalTop Contributor: Classical Music

Magnificent Beautiful Film

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021

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This film is simply stunning! - Masterly directed with great performances, and caressed by colorful photography to die for. A MUST SEE FOR ANYONE WHO TREASURES GREAT FILM MAKING. UNFORGETTABLE!

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Yifei Zhu

A world observed through a glass ball

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2018

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This is the first Kieslowski film I watched, through YouTube (now removed), to which a video of the Dutch soprano Elly Ameling singing French composer Gabriel Faure's Vocalise linked (that one still exists). As with Faure's music, The Double Life of Veronique is in every bit as powerful, open-ending, and a little intangible. It is a film that leaves you wonder and think, with perhaps a slightly altered (or, say, more attentive) sense of life and our surroundings. After deeply impressed by subsequent viewing of Dekalog and reading Kieslowski on Kieslowski, I'd thought that the Double Life might lose a bit of its earlier impact on me due to its purely artistic inclination and lack of reality. Well, no less, now that I've re-watched the film through this Criterion Edition. Cinematographer Slawomir Idziak manipulates filters again after successfully applied them for Dekalog V (you will marvel at what a difference they made once you see the bonus make-of footage, naturally unfiltered), while Aleksander Bardini plays the role of the idiosyncratic conductor after being a worldly lawyer in No End and a deadpan doctor in Dekalog II, still wonderfully (this time he's no savior though). After a span of time and back-forth comparison, I feel that the Double Life is indeed Kieslowski (and Piesiewicz)'s leap from Dekalog, from fundamentals underpinning life up to pure artistry in which something a little beyond reach manages to be conveyed. Incredible. As I'm jotting down these thoughts, picking up one of the two glass balls on my desk and holding it between fingertips, seeing through, I suddenly realized that it'd been there for this moment, had it?

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Andy

Strikingly Spiritual Tale Of Dopplegangers

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2021

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A haunting modern classic. Two women -one Polish, one French -their lives inexplicably linked, fates intertwined, mirroring and influencing each other's lives without them realizing it. Evocative and poetic exploration of mysticism through coincidence. Although intrinsically ambiguous and ponderous, it also remains rooted in reality, even mundane at times. An effective and beautifully made film, reinforced by a memorable breakthrough performance by the utterly charming Irene Jacob. This film is also a fine example of Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski's brilliant work, all rather similar in style and theme. His critically acclaimed The Decalogue and The Three Colours Trilogy are also highly recommended. This Criterion Collection Blu Ray is fully packed with extras, contains an excellent audio commentary, short films, documentaries and interviews. Also recommended Wim Wenders popular classic Wings Of Desire.

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Todd7

One Of Kieslowski's Best

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2017

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The Double Life of Veronique (1991) is in the traditional Kieslowski mold of symbolism, mystery, irony, and artful imagery. This film could pass for a thinly-veiled sci-fi labeling. What I love about this film is its willingness to be something strange and surreal, while maintaining its elegance and believability overall. With artful classical numbers, coupled with an unusual color tint to the settings, the film is slow, subtle, yet powerful. Some of the musical numbers are extremely powerful in their presence and and impact. In some ways, the film is haunting in its tone. Irene Jacob is perfect in her role, as she exhibits emotion extremely well, and the audience is with her. While watching this film, one gets the sense that they're trying to solve a riddle by asking what certain things mean, whether they're objects, images, or even the strangely-tinted colors throughout. Overall, this is an enjoyable film that's a table setter for Kieslowski's next work, the brilliant Three Colors trilogy (Blue, White, & Red). This blu ray is an excellent transfer from The Criterion Collection, with a clear picture and crisp sound. The special features are good, and I also enjoyed the 40-page color booklet included with the blu ray. Overall, an awesome Criterion release!

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A personal favorite. This is one of those films that everyone ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015

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A personal favorite. This is one of those films that everyone should see at some point in their lives- a genuine subjective experience, a good make-of-it-what-you-will.

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McTeague

The Kieslowski Universe

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2015

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One of the great pleasures of my life has been watching the films this artist left us.

The tender and thought-provoking artistic images (the film begins with one child discovering the stars, the other a leaf), the puzzles that can lead to light bulb moments ("so they're Doppelgangers, are they?), intensely personal intimacy (the rain scatters a chorus while one girl continues to sing) mixed with wry detached humor (was that a flasher?), the admirable moral health of the filmmaker in moments that bring everything back down to earth (I call them "Kieslowski moments"), and above all, of course, the very human feelings behind his work.

This film is not as tightly constructed as the Three Colors films, but all the artist's great strengths are on display for those who enjoy them, even if, for some, at a too leisurely pace.

I admit I find the confusion of some viewers greatly amusing. "This filmmaker has mastered the art of the feature length perfume commercial." LOL. A nice demonstration, I suppose, of what the French call "Cartesian" (as opposed to "Pascalian"), and what C.G. Jung called "Dominant Thinking" (as opposed to "Dominant Feeling"), types.

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C. Atkins

Really beautiful film

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2017

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Really beautiful film

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I. Giles

This BD disc offers purchasers a significant improvement in both visual and audio terms and is a viable upgrade option

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2011

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Like many of Keislowski's films, this film from 1991 has achieved fame amounting to cult status. This film falls between the renowned 1988 Dekalog set and the 1993-4 group of three colours. All of these films explore relationships between a limited range of characters and achieve a mesmerising level of concentrated insight.

In this case two women from two countries are followed as they make decisions that are life determining. Both women share appearances, interests and many important features to the extent that they might almost be identical twins. They also seem to be strangely aware of each other's presence but at a distance. Irene Jacob plays both roles. The issue that is explored is that, from a similar starting point in many ways, the two young women make a series of decisions that lead to utterly different conclusions.

However, this review is not intended to discuss the actual film as by now it will have both its supporters and detractors. Entering into those conflicts is not the purpose of the review which is aimed squarely at the many supporters of this film.

Essentially, for all of those who are keen supporters of this film and who have bought the previous DVD version of this disc, the only issue of vital importance will be whether the Blu-ray offers an improvement technically sufficient to justify the additional expense.

For this reviewer the answer is a clear affirmative. The upgrade offers a clear advance on both image and audio quality with the imaging being a marked improvement. The colours are firmer and there is an increase to the perceived depth of the imaging. The whole film simply becomes more 'real.' The film, which is so concerned with close characterisation, benefits considerably from this enhancement of reality.

The degree of improvement experienced from this BD will also inevitably depend on the replay equipment used. The following technical information is intended to be a guide to aid in assessment.

The screen used for this review is only of moderate dimensions being a 40 inch television screen. However, the television is a high performing 4K unit which delivers a compensating positive effect. The moderate screen size lacks the impact of larger screens but is less critical of film faults.

However, the contributing player is, unusually, able to separate the audio and visual HDMI signals before they leave separately to the television and pre-amp. That feature enhances both the visual and audio elements of the output. The audio, not so critical in the case, delivers an unusually wide-ranging and revealing performance. Its precision is equally revealing of film scores and the musical content of this film is as mesmerising as the drama.

Readers with alternative equipment will have to interpret this review bearing in mind their own equipment and its comparative advantages and disadvantages.

In summary, this BD disc offers purchasers with suitable replay equipment a significant improvement over the previous DVD in both visual and audio terms and is certainly worth considering as a viable upgrade option

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M. Hafner

Excellent BD

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2010

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This is technically an excellent BD disc with a competent transfer encoded at high bit rate and lossless sound. Highly recommended if you like the film. It looks far better than the 35mm print I saw some time ago.
Update: The disc does have some grain filtering applied (which I missed at first due to watching it with a too dark projector) which leaves some artifacting behind. If you want to see the full grain get the US Criterion disc.

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Loulou

A lovely film from Kiewslowski

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013

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The Double Life of Veronique might not quite make my desert island list alongside Three Colours Blue and Three Colours Red, but it's still interesting and beautiful for fans of Kiewslowski, and looking at the beautiful Irene Jacob is no hardship either.

perfectionista

One of my all time most loved films!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2013

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There is an atmosphere of spiritual beauty that infuses this film for me. Yes it is lovely to look at. Irene Jacob captivates with her uniquely tranquil presence. Krzysztof Kieslowski handles the vision in his head to deliver a shimmering mirage of mystery, coincidence, sadness and joy. The music is sublime,the cinematography astounding which, along with delicious art direction, combine to make this is a piece of art to wallow in over and over and just get more from each time.
Yes i do love it!

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Groucho

Beautiful, well directed, unusual film well worth watching in a deep sense.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2015

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Beautiful sensual film with very few words needed. A real credit to the director for taking such an unusual approach to film. Not much of a storyline and no real ending but really watchable anyway in a surreal way.

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