'The double life of Veronique' this Friday, Jan. 15, 7:30 pm
This friday, 1/15 at Polish Home, upper room - start at 7:30 (room set up and short intro about the director); actual screening at 8 pm sharp: Kieslowski’s 'The Double Life of Veronique' (1991). Polish/French with English subtitles. [...] (French: La double vie de Véronique, Polish: Podwójne życie Weroniki) is a 1991 French- and Polish-language 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. The two women do not know each other, and yet they share a mysterious and emotional bond that transcends language and geography. The film is notable for Sławomir Idziak's innovative cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner's haunting operatic score. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside his native Pola...