La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski / FR, PL, 1991 / 98 min.
Kieslowski’s breakthrough with international cinema audiences came with La double vie de Véronique. Irène Jacob plays the singer Weronika who has a French double, Véronique, with the same heart problems. One of them dies, the other receives a mysterious cassette tape.
This year, distributor Cherry Pickers will release four digitally (4K) restored films by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941 - 1996) (4K): La double vie de Véronique (1991) and the Trois couleurs trilogy (1993/1994) inspired by the colours of the French flag.
La double vie de Véronique was the first film the major Polish director made after the fall of the Berlin War. It was also the first Kieslowski film to star French actress Irène Jacob (Trois couleurs: Rouge, Al di là delle nuvole by Michelangelo Antonioni) in an impressive double role.
Jacob plays both Weronika and Véronique. One lives in Cracow, the other in Paris. Both are (classical) vocalists with great futures ahead of them, both have the same heart condition. Weronika dies during a performance, which affects Véronique: she stops singing and receives a cassette tape from a mysterious stranger.
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Details
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Production year
1991
Country
FR, PL
Original title
La double vie de Véronique
Length
98 min.
Language
French, Polish, Italian
Subtitles
NLD or UKR or ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
De films van Kieślowski
Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski broke through internationally with his ten-part series Dekalog, which examined the meaning of the Ten Commandments for modern humans.
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