 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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The Music Teacher 1988 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gerard Corbiau
Cast: Jose van Dam, Philippe Volter, Patrick Bauchau, Anne Roussel, Sylvie Fennec, Johan Leysen, Marc Schreiber, Alain Carre, David Ashman, Bob Bender
From Belgium comes this film about an aspiring singer (Anne Roussel) who falls in love with her trainer (Jose Van Dam), a famous opera singer who has retired to help this talented newcomer and one other–a thief. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Three Colors: Blue 1993 R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Blue
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Very, Helene Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva, Julie Delpy, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Florence Vignon, Daniel Martin, Catherine Therouenne, Yann Tregouet, Jacek Ostaszewski
Following the tragic death of her composer husband Patrice (Claude Duneton) and daughter in a car wreck, Julie (Juliette Binoche) heads for Paris and a new life, but she cannot come to grips with her memories. After a failed suicide attempt and overcoming rumors that she is the composer of Patrice's music, Julie finally leaves the past behind and begins her new life. This is the first of Polish director Krzysztof Kielslowski's trilogy.
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| 1. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
2. The Music Teacher (1988)
3. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
aka: Blue
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