Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas
Two young women lead totally separate lives in France and in Poland, one called Veronique and one called Weronika. They have no blood relation and they and their families have never met, but they are ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
Stats: 899 reviews
This feels very much like a test run for the three colors trilogy, especially Blue. You could call this entry
Trois Couleurs: Vert (Green)
Ever since I was a child, I had always wondered if there was another one of me out there. I'm not alone in this curiosity... I think it's something we have all considered at one point or another in our lives. Because really, how many possibilities are there? Can there really be s...( read more)
almost distractingly beautiful film. hmmm, not my fave Kieslowski, a bit vague I thought
It's awfully hard to decide whether this film, or the Decalogue, or Red is Kieslowski's best work, but this is definitely his most mysterious and abstract film. In an otherworldly performance that earned her the Best Actress award at Cannes, Irene Jacob (who learned to speak Pol...( read more)
won best foreign film with the NSFC and was nominated for best foreign film at the golden globes
Como sempre, Kieslowski esbanja técnica e sensibilidade. A luz é adequadíssima (e coloca a qualidade da imagem à frente de seu tempo), e a trilha sonora é sucinta e delicada. Aqui, deixa em aberto uma trama calcada no duplo, ao manusear, com cuidado, dentro da linguagem cinematog...( read more)
Yes, there is some nice camera work. Yes, the colour is good. But it was boring, and Kieslowski is in love with his female subject and there's only so long a camera can be transfixed on one person.
This is not going to be an easy review to write, and it has taken me a while to gather my thoughts. This is a very unconventional movie and most of what happens in it happens well below the surface. It?s also nearly impossible to analyze without spoiling the whole thing. I tri...( read more)
The parts do not quite fit, and anyway this is not a puzzle to be assembled. It is a romance about those moments we all sometimes have when we think we see ourselves at a distance. full review
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