La double vie de Véronique

The Double Life of Véronique (1991) is a French/Polish movie directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by himself and Krzysztof Piesiewicz.

The film follows two women unaware of eachothers existence, though subtlety connected in some level. They share names, looks and passion for music; and accidentaly their lifes also crosses.

Themes like metaphysics, ambiguosity and deja vu are perfectly combined with magnificent camerawork and music to create an atmospheric and dare I say, philosophical, movie (how pretentious does this sound?). Still, the movie should be seen for its individual rendered and beautifully scenes. The cinematographer Slawomir Idziak uses filters to create outstanding lights and colours; and the music by Zbigniew Preisner is great... My favourite scene, which pretty much sums up the whole movie, is the marionette scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVlDb43v-4&feature=related)

The acting is lovely - Irène Jacob does a decent job as Véronique/Veronika, she has quite a dreamlike and sublime presence, which fits the movie perfectly.

I would reccomend La Double Vie de Véronique if you appriciate movies like Science of Sleep, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain and Me and You and Everyone We Know