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The Double Life of Veronique (French: La double vie de Veronique, Polish: Podwójne życie Weroniki) is a 1991 French-Polish-Norwegian drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Irène Jacob. Written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the characters of Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher.
Mother
That's the star we're waiting for to start Christmas Eve. Do you see it? And there, below, the fog. Look. It's not fog. It's really millions of little stars.
Opening lines
Dialogue
Weronika: What else do you want to know about me?
Alexandre Fabbri: Everything
Weronika: [seeing a a puppet] Is that me?
Alexandre Fabbri: Of course it's you.
Weronika: Why two?
Alexandre Fabbri: Because during performances I handle them a lot. They damage easily.
Cast
Irène Jacob - Weronika and Véronique
Halina Gryglaszewska - The Aunt
Kalina Jędrusik - The Gaudy Woman
Aleksander Bardini - The Orchestra Conductor
Władysław Kowalski - Weronika's Father
Guillaume De Tonquédec - Serge
Jerzy Gudejko - Antek
Philippe Volter - Alexandre Fabbri
External links
Trailer
The Double Life Of Veronique - The Opening Scene
0101765 The Double Life of Veronique
14460 The Double Life of Veronique
Criterion Collection release of The Double Life of Veronique
Criterion Collection Essay by Slavoj ŽiŽek
Criterion Collection Essay by Peter Cowie
The Double Life of Veronique :: The Art of Visual Poetry (2016) by Charles Kincaid
Category:Drama films
Category:Films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Category:1991 French films
Category:1991 Polish films