The Double Life of Veronique (Blu-ray, Criterion Collection) R
Each of us is matched somewhere in the world, by our exact double - someone who shares our thoughts and dreams
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 1, 2011
- Originally Released: 1991
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Irène Jacob | |
Performer: | Aleksander Bardini, Louis Ducreux, Claude Duneton, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik & Phillipe Volter | |
Directed by | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1991 -
Best Actress: Irène Jacob
Entertainment Reviews:
...Jacob is a find - she radiates intelligence and sex appeal...
Rolling Stone
...Veronique is played by Irene Jacob, whom Kieslowski's camera loves, the film is alive each moment she is onscreen, which is nearly every moment...
Film Comment
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Don't even attempt to resolve that paradox, and The Double Life of Veronique will work on its own poetic terms.
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A film that washes over the viewer and invites meditative contemplation about our awareness while swimming the big river of consciousness. [Blu-ray]
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Groucho Reviews
Rating: 90/100 --
Erotic and mystical, a wondrous search for transcendence.
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Apollo Guide
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
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Patrick Nabarro
It operates purely on visual juxtapositions, emotion and the presence of lead actress Irene Jacob. In its own terms, it's subtly precious.
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Washington Post
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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