La double vie de Véronique = The double life of Veronique / Leonardo de la Fuente presente ; une production Sideral Productions, Le Studio Canal + ; en co-production avec Tor Production ; et avec Norsk Film ; scenario, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz ; realise par Krzystztof Kieślowski.
Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond.
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| Alternate Title: | Double life of Véronique. |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Polish French English |
| Published: | [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006], ©2006. |
| Edition: | Widescreen format (1.66:1). |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
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| Summary: | Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. "Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs" -- Container. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf; U.S. ending; 3 short documentary films by Kieślowski ("Factory", 1970 ; "Hospital", 1976; "Railway station", 1980); "The musicians" (1958), a short documentary film by Kazimierz Karabasz (Kieślowski's teacher) Special features (disc 2): "Kieślowski - dialogue" documentary film (about the making of the film, 1991, 53 min.); "1966-1988 : Kieślowski, cinéaste Polonais" documentary film (about Kieślowski's early directorial career in Poland, 2005, 31 min.); new video interviews with cinematographer Sławomir Idziak (24 min.), composer Zbigniew Preisner (21 min.) & actress Irène Jacob (17 min.) Booklet includes essays by Jonathan Romney ("Through the looking glass"), Slavoj Žižek ("The forced choice of freedom"), Peter Cowie ("Kieślowski's muse"), & Krzysztof Kieślowski ("Pure emotions : The double life of Véronique'", excerpted from the book "Kieślowski on Kieślowski") |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (57 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm). |
| Format: | DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Sławomir Idziak ; editing, Jacques Witta ; original music by Zbigniew Preisner. |
| ISBN: | 1934121053 9781934121054 |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |