14.8k members in the Letterboxd community. A companion to letterboxd.com, for discussing all things in the world of film and Letterboxd, with fellow … The Double Life of Véronique. Is any of it real? It's a shame that I've wasted it on prior reviews because the word "luminous" feels made to describe Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Double Life of Véronique. The Double Life of Véronique. Wafflez’s review published on Letterboxd: To me watching this movie is like staring at embers of a flame in a fireplace. Sight and touch. And that’s one of the film’s greatest assets: its desire to leave things unexplained. In this story Kieslowski explores this idea through the connection between a woman in Poland, and one in France named (Weronika or Véronique) who look identical. Where are we? The Double Life of Véronique 1991 ★★ Watched May 02 , 2021 brifilms’s review published on Letterboxd: Ghosts and puppets. with The Double Life of Veronique, the device is front and center with the Polish Weronika and the French Veronique, but i still wasn't really sure to what ends for most of the movie. If you can accept that The Double Life of Veronique is a kind of part-tragic, semi-hopeful fairy tale, then there’s every chance it will work for you.. What’s it about? The clue’s in the title, albeit obliquely so. PTAbro's World Tour Stop 10: Poland Colors and reflections. Song and dance. What is there to discuss when you don't even know what happens, or rather what happens is secondary to what it evokes? The Double Life of Véronique is a subtle and contemplative work that exhibits the mysterious feelings, and intuitions that connect us. I hate when I’m watching a film and feel like I just don’t get it. The Double Life of Véronique is a question of identity, of how much our "I" belongs to other people. Why are we? The Double Life of Véronique 1991 ★★★★★ Rewatched Dec 10, 2019. for some reason i've been thinking alot lately about the doppelganger trope and what a common but effective means it can be to explore psychological concepts like imposter syndrome or schizophrenia. The Double Life of Véronique is a film that's so hard to discuss because it is a film so centered on mood. The Double Life of Véronique 1991 ★★★★★ 05 Oct, 2020 Francisco Javier’s review published on Letterboxd: I found the way the scenes play out really very artistic; subtle, simple (yet mysterious) and human. Imagine you see someone who looks exactly like you but there is no connection whatsoever – or is there? Dreams and death. A rich tapestry of obfuscated reality, of imagined lives, both present and afar. Two seemingly identical women lead parallel versions of a similar life. If it is, how real is it? 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