 The Double Life of Veronique 1991  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini, Sandrine Dumas, Chantal Neuwirth, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Jerzy Gudejko, Janusz Sterninski, Louis Ducreux
Irene Jacob plays the roles of two women–Veronika is Polish, and Veronique is French–who appear linked in their parallel, yet separate, lives. Both suffer from heart problems, and both have singing talents and aspire to have careers in music. Veronika ignores her health, but Veronique does get treatment for her heart problems. Veronika wins a singing competition, and later is scheduled to perform with a symphony. But on the night of her performance, she suffers a heart attack and dies. Now, the scene shifts to Veronique who gives up her singing ambitions and becomes a school teacher–as if she unconsciously learned from Veronika's mistakes.
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Innocent Sorcerers 1960  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Zbigniew Cybulski, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik, Teresa Szmigielowna, Roman Polanski, Andrzej Nowakowski, Jerzy Skolimowski
Although he is not interested in them, women are very attracted to Dr. Andrzej Bazyli (Tadeusz Lomnicki), and he is getting tired of all the attention. Then, Pelagia (Krystyna Stypulkowska) appears on the scene, and his life picks up as they begin a battle of wits that finally dissolves Bazyli's indifference–at least for awhile.
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The Promised Land 1974 N/R, 178 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Tadeusz Bialoszczynski, Anna Nehrebecka, Kalina Jedrusik, Bozena Dykiel, Andrzej Szalawski, Franciszek Pieczka, Andrzej Lapicki
Based on a true story that represents the rise of ruthless capitalists in the late-19th century, this is the tale of three Polish workers of different backgrounds who put their differences behind them to become successful in building a thriving textile factory. But success doesn't come easily nor can it always be sustained.
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| 1. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
2. Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
3. The Promised Land (1974)
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