La double vie de Véronique
Poetic drama about two girls – from Poland and France – who were born on the same day, suffer from the same heart condition and both are talented musicians.
LA DOUBLE VIE DE VÉRONIQUE remains one of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s most beloved films, a ravishing, mysterious rumination on identity, love, and human intuition. Irène Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, emotional bond, which Kieślowski details in gorgeous reflections, colours, and movements. Aided by Slawomir Idziak’s shimmering cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner’s haunting, operatic score, Kieślowski creates one of cinema's most purely metaphysical works. (source: criterion.com)