November 23rd, 1966 was the most important day of their lives.
No 414 - La double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) Director - Krzysztof Kieslowski Another film which I knew nothing about, I didn't even realise, until near the end, that the second language in this film is Polish. But that is all the better because to know too much about this film ruins the beauty. The film begins by cutting between two identical children, one in Poland and one in France - we then cut back to Poland and are introduced to Weronika , the first protagonist of the film, played by the beautiful and delightful Irene Jacob . What I love is that in one simple scene, we are given all the information about her we could possibly need. As her choir practise is called short because of the weather we see her finish her Soprano solo with a look of joy on her face, drenched in the torrential rain. Weronika is full of life, and full of love. She is also very cheeky, but in a nice way... we see her run from the rain, bump into her lover and lead him straight t...