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The Double Life of Véronique
1991
· Movie
· 98 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #378
- IMDb #915
- Rotten Tomatoes #748
- Metacritic #326
- Letterboxd #433
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1504
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #462
- Metacritic Critics #365
- Metacritic Audience #559
- Kinopoisk #1095
- AlloCiné #1638
- Trakt #1409
Every rating
74–94
out of 100
Two identical women, one Polish and one French, live separate lives unaware of each other's existence. They share an intuitive, spiritual connection, both being talented singers with heart conditions. The film explores their parallel lives, their sense of loneliness, and the mysterious feeling that they are not entirely alone in the world.
Details
- Director
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Writers
- Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Released
- 15 May 1991
- Country
- France, Norway, Poland
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $2.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 7 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival Award 1991 | Best Actress | Irène Jacob | Winner |
| 17th César Awards 1992 | Best Actress | Irène Jacob | Nominee |
| César Award 1992 | Best Music Written for a Film | Nominee | |
| Independent Spirit Award 1992 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1992 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Poland | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Award 1991 | Best Non-English Language Film | Nominee | |
| National Society of Film Critics Award 1991 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Cannes Film Festival Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Irène Jacob | Winner |
17th César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Irène Jacob | Nominee |
César Award
1 nomination
| Best Music Written for a Film | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Non-English Language Film | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Poland | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |