The Double Life of Véronique (1991) on Netflix
Weronika sings soprano in a Polish choir and auditions for a solo. In France, Véronique teaches music. The two women are identical in appearance, unrelated, and unaware of each other.
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Plot summary
Weronika sings soprano with a choir in Poland, and Véronique teaches music in France. The two women look exactly alike, are not related, and do not know that the other exists, though each senses a presence near her. Weronika travels to Kraków to see her sick aunt and tells her father she feels she is not alone. She joins a choir in the city and wins a solo part. Crossing the Main Square, she notices a French tourist with her own face taking photographs before boarding a bus.
Cast
- Janusz Sterninskias L'avocat
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Harvey Weinstein of Miramax asked Krzysztof Kieślowski to change the ending for the American release; Kieślowski added four brief shots showing Véronique's father emerging from the house and Véronique running across the yard to embrace him.
- Zbigniew Preisner's score is credited in the film to Van den Budenmayer, a fictitious 18th-century Dutch composer whom Preisner and Kieślowski invented for use in screenplays.
- The marionette acts were performed by American puppeteer and sculptor Bruce Schwartz, who, unlike most puppeteers, showed his hands while performing instead of hiding them in gloves or using strings or sticks.
