pains of autumn ( turkish : güz sancısı ) is a 2009 turkish drama film , directed by tomris giritlioğlu , based on the novel by yılmaz karakoyunlu .

the film , which went on nationwide general release across turkey on january 23 , 2009 , was one of the highest-grossing turkish films of 2009 .

pains of autumn

guz sancisi ( pains of autumn ) “the past is the future . . . ” tomris giritlioglu - director
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the dark heroine was pretty good , but autumn rose is darn awesome . darn awesome . readers of the dark heroine meet autumn and prince fallon briefly , but importantly , when violet finds out she is a dark heroine . autumn rose takes a step back and tells autumn ' s story . autumn is fifteen and deeply depressed after the horrifying murder of her grandmother , another sage with whom she lived . she lives with her normal parents and works to protect the humans at her school . autumn works hard to hide her of
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guz sancisi ( pains of autumn ) is the story of a city where the lives of people in a society with different cultures and religions are shattered , a city which is gradually decaying and a love story that takes place in this city . the competent and socially responsible pen of y ? lmaz karakoyunlu perfectly depicts the lyrical narrative of immortal love and dissects the reality of the period with the scholarly approach of a historian .
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izhavto was scheduled to resume production on monday , but the circumstances leading to its production overrun provide insight into the successes , pains and enduring questions accompanying the evolution of russia ' s heavy industry and into the hopes that russia ' s far - flung regions have for the survival of their huge soviet plants .
the highly anticipated sequel to dinner with a vampire autumn rose has the chance to save the world she loves . but how much will she have to sacrifice to achieve it ? in autumn rose , book two of her breathtaking series , abigail gibbs draws us even further into the dangerous and romantic world of the dark heroines .
as a result of the emerging post modernist dilemmas ( ethical , economic and social ) there is an effort in the world cinema to dissect each country’s history and the values that bring together that country . this aims to further dissect and branch out the main arteries in society that provide for social continuity and convey it through art . with its story , plot , its aesthetics and cinematography , guz sancisi ( pains of autumn ) is set to take its place in the world cinema .
the dark heroine was pretty good , but autumn rose is darn awesome . darn awesome . readers of the dark heroine meet autumn and prince fallon briefly , but importantly , when violet finds out she is a dark heroine . autumn rose takes a step back and tells autumn ' s story . autumn is fifteen and deeply depressed after the horrifying murder of her grandmother , another sage with whom she lived . she lives with her normal parents and works to protect the humans at her school . autumn works hard to hide her official status as duchess of england , only one step away from royalty , until prince fallon shows up at her school and blows her cover . he claims he just wanted to get away from the royal lifestyle , but is really there to keep her safe from the rogue exterminos . fallon works hard to hide the fact that he fell for autumn years ago , and isn ' t the playboy the media portrays , while autumn slowly decides whether she likes him at all . autumn ' s emotional growth , and how she falls for fallon , is what makes the story truly awesome . as she comes to depend upon fallon and deal with what happened to her grandmother , her depression slowly lessens until she learns the truth of how her grandmother died and hits bottom . i couldn ' t put the book down and absolutely can ' t wait to read more about the next heroines , but also violet and kaspar , and definitely autumn and fallon . i received this copy as an arc from edelweiss .
what a mess ! * sighs * i am wretchedly frustrated right now , peeps , considering how much i loved the dark heroine . it took me weeks to get through autumn rose , and i had to push myself all the way through . first of all , autumn rose doesn ' t mention kaspar and violet until its last 20 % . everything in this book happens parallel to the time stamp of the dark heroine but in a different dimension and involving a completely different set of characters . the main heroine , fifteen - year old autumn , is a sage ,
izhevsk , russia , nov . 11 - the employees are calling it
our autumn vacation ,
even if it has been a vacation no one wanted to take .
i received
violins of autumn
by amy mcauley as a free book from goodreads first reads . what a wonderful gift ! not only is the book beautiful , so is the story . i ' ve read a lot about wwii , and d - day , but
violins of autumn
brings to light the role of women as spies sent to join the underground resistance movement in preparing for d - day . a great tribute to the women and men who gave all !
kasie west is an auto - buy for me , so i downloaded this book after screaming when i saw it . i went in only knowing that the mcs were locked in a library . i love love loved autumn and dax . they ' re so different and so similar and i loved reading them together . i also really loved autumn ' s family . it ' s so rare to see present and positive parents . i love that they were open and listened to her . and the banter between autumn and her brother owen was some of the best . this was a lot angstier than other k
when autumn collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend , she doesn’t think things could get any worse . but that’s before she realizes that dax miller is locked in with her . autumn doesn’t know much about dax except that he’s trouble . between the rumors about the fight he was in ( and that brief stint in juvie that followed it ) and his repu
when autumn collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend , she doesn’t think things could get any worse . but that’s before she realizes that dax miller is locked in with her . autumn doesn’t know much about dax except that he’s trouble . between the rumors about the fight he was in ( and that brief stint in juvie that followed it ) and his reputation as a loner , he’s not exactly the ideal person to be stuck with . still , she just keeps reminding herself that it is only a matter of time before jeff , her almost - boyfriend , realizes he left her in the library and comes to rescue her . only he doesn’t come . no one does . instead it becomes clear that autumn is going to have to spend the next couple of days living off vending - machine food and making conversation with a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her . except there is more to dax than meets the eye . as he and autumn first grudgingly , and then not so grudgingly , open up to each other , autumn is struck by their surprising connection . but can their feelings for each other survive once the weekend is over and autumn’s old life , and old love interest , threaten to pull her from dax’s side ?
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first off i would like to thank harper collins for providing me an arc of autumn rose through the goodreads first reads giveaway program . i loved dinner with a vampire . . . i read it initially on wattpad before abigail gibbs success was wisely noticed by publishers . the published copy was still amazing , though missing some of the things that made it feel so
real
in the serial published via wattpad . all that said , i had really high hopes for autumn rose . in the end of the dinner . . . we met her and s
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i have volunteered to participate in a program of physical exercise under the direction of forgetthegym . ie .
i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia , the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood .
i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood .
well , i ' m an unhappy melon of slightly disgruntled discontent . which greatly pains me because i loved the distance between us and kind of lowkey am shocked they ' re by the same author . there were just so many problems with this book that omg where do i even start ? ? with lists obviously . my small list of likes : • it contains milkshakes . i like milkshakes . • as much as the tragic - bad - boy had no real personality . . . he was still kind of cute . • it was light and fluffy which , ya know , isn ' t always a bad th
amy mcauley grew up in kincardine , ontario , a small town on the shores of lake huron , where she read voraciously and dreamed of one day becoming an author like her idol , judy blume . she is the author of the historical ya , violins of autumn , published by walker & co , and over and over you . she now lives in london , ontario , with her family and two cats .
you ' re still getting quite a bit of veg from your allotment , i remember your pictures from last year , when everything was flooded ! i wondering what sort of winter we are going to have . those spiderwebs look lovely don ' t they , always know when autumn is here when i see them .
tomris giritlioglu and her team who have together completed very successful projects to date including “cemberimde gul oya” ( my rose embroidered scarf ) and “hat ? rla sevgili” ( remember darling ) are bringing back the past to the present once again with the film “guz sanc ? s ? ” ( pains of autumn ) . with this special project she has been working on since 2002 , tomris giritlioglu is making a comeback as a film director after ten years . the director’s last film “guz sanc ? s ? ” , along with “suyun ote yan ? ” ( the other side of the water ) and “salk ? m han ? m ' ? n taneleri” ( mrs . salkim’s diamonds ) completes the trilogy she has set as a career goal . the film will be shown in film theatres as of 23 january 2009 .
this book is an utter disappointment compared to the first . autumn and fallon had absolutely no chemistry whatsoever , and the book suddenly jumped from autumn saying how much she hated him , to them suddenly dating . i couldn ' t stand fallon , and the book just dragged on . it felt like the story hadn ' t even begun when i was already 3 / 4 through and nothing of interest was happening . it felt like the only reason i was reading was to get another glimpse of violet and kaspar , and when they did appear , t
as the autumn rugby union internationals put the sport firmly back in the spotlight , the game ' s governing body says it is perfectly poised to build on the huge boost it has been given over the past 12 months .
as the year 1955 is moving towards autumn , turkey’s increasingly tense political atmosphere starts to cast its dark shadow on the glittering beauty of beyoglu . behcet is the only son of a man in whom the government takes a close interest due to his strong influence in antakya . while working as a research assistant at the faculty of law in istanbul , behcet is falling under the sway of extreme nationalism as a result of his upbringing and the influential role model of his father . when behcet falls for a greek neighbour , elena , he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the events of september 6th - 7th in 1955 .
i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi , a desert state , sweltering with the heat of injustice , sweltering with the heat of oppression , will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice .
* received in exchange for an honest review * * thank you , harper collins * i was so excited to start this book - i absolutely loved dinner with a vampire so was really looking forward to seeing how this story would develop . what i didn ' t expect was for the book to showcase the same events of book one but from autumn rose ' s point of view . i was a little hesitant at first but there is no repetition in the book ; it ' s all new and fresh and i loved this book even more than the first one ! autumn is a much
we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now . this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism . now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice . now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood . now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god ' s children .
( i received an advance copy of this book for free . thanks to harpercollins and edelweiss . ) “who else would be dumb enough to get trapped in a library ? ” this was a ya contemporary romance , featuring a couple trapped in a library . i liked autumn in this , and i could totally relate to her anxiety disorder and the panic attacks that she suffered from . dax was also really cute . the storyline in this was about autumn and dax getting trapped in a library together for a weekend , and slowly getting to kn
* arc was given in exchange for honest review * anyone who is a fan of magic , is really going to love this fast paced book ! having only one more year to complete before graduation , autumn should be thrilled like any normal teenager , except autumn is anything but normal . she ' s a sage - - magical beings that live in the first dimension alongside humans . sages are amongst humans to serve one purpose ; to protect them in anyway deemed fit from the extermino . extermino are dark sages , who want nothing but t
* arc was given in exchange for honest review * anyone who is a fan of magic , is really going to love this fast paced book ! having only one more year to complete before graduation , autumn should be thrilled like any normal teenager , except autumn is anything but normal . she ' s a sage - - magical beings that live in the first dimension alongside humans . sages are amongst humans to serve one purpose ; to protect them in anyway deemed fit from the extermino . extermino are dark sages , who want nothing but to end the human race . autumn has been trained her entire life to help protect everyone around her . when her grandmother dies suddenly - - leaving a string of lingering questions , autumn will stop at nothing to figure out what really caused her grandmother ' s death . . . even when an old friend pops back into her world - - a friend that is famous in the world of sages . promising to keep her head cleared of good looks and charm , autumn barrels into a world she never intended to be apart of , with a friend she ' s not sure she can trust . there are dark secrets that are being kept from her . secrets that autumn can no longer ignore . i ' m such a fan of abigail gibbs ! i immediately fell in love with the dark heroine when it came out , so naturally i was thrilled when i learned she had another book coming in the series ! i was not disappointed at all with this book , just as the first , it hooked me from page one and kept me until the very end ! i can ' t praise it enough ! i loved it ! amazing sequel to the dark heroine ! i ' m on the edge of my seat waiting for the next book , and hopefully abigail will hear my pleas and i won ' t be waiting long !
release date : january 31 , 2017 ehh i feel like 2 . 5 stars is pretty generous . i love kasie west ' s other books , but this one was pretty . . . empty ? like the characters were all shallow and the plot was pretty basic . autumn and dax are locked in a library over a long weekend ( but could have been literally anywhere because they didn ' t care about the books . they watched tv and ate candy bars ) . the first 40 % of the book is them establishing that autumn is rich & has lots of friends , while dax is a cl
( i received an advance copy of this book for free . thanks to harpercollins and edelweiss . ) “who else would be dumb enough to get trapped in a library ? ” this was a ya contemporary romance , featuring a couple trapped in a library . i liked autumn in this , and i could totally relate to her anxiety disorder and the panic attacks that she suffered from . dax was also really cute . the storyline in this was about autumn and dax getting trapped in a library together for a weekend , and slowly getting to know each other . i liked how the story moved on from being trapped in the library though , and we got to find out what happened to the pair of them afterwards . we did get a bit of a love triangle brewing as autumn had been flirting with another boy prior to meeting dax though , but there was no cheating . the ending to this was a happy one , and things were tied up nicely . 7 out of 10
this year , i have not had a whole lot of time for blogging , but here at least is one photo of some of the yummy produce coming from my small garden .
kasie west is an auto - buy for me , so i downloaded this book after screaming when i saw it . i went in only knowing that the mcs were locked in a library . i love love loved autumn and dax . they ' re so different and so similar and i loved reading them together . i also really loved autumn ' s family . it ' s so rare to see present and positive parents . i love that they were open and listened to her . and the banter between autumn and her brother owen was some of the best . this was a lot angstier than other kasie books and i wasn ' t expecting that . there ' s an entire different plot point that took me by surprise . at first i wasn ' t really into it , but by the ending , i could see how it forced autumn to grow and speak up . as always , the ending was perfection and left me wanting more more more . i can ' t wait to read this one again . * * huge thanks to harper teen and edelweiss for providing the arc in free of charge * *
one of my favourite books from last year was abigail gibb ' s debut ya novel , the dark heroine : dinner with a vampire . needless to say i couldn ' t wait for the next installment - autumn rose . whilst waiting for my copy to arrive in the post , i browsed through some of the reviews on goodreads out of curiosity . they were mixed . some loved it , others were disappointed ; primarily because of the lack of kasper varn and violet lee - the two characters who had us enthralled in dinner with a vampire - some
i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi , a desert state , a state sweltering with the heat of injustice , a state sweltering with the heat of oppression , will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice .
this was a difficult book for me to review , let me say first that i loved dinner with a vampire the first time i read it , i actually started reading it on wattpad then on kindle when it came out . as soon as i discovered that autumn rose was due out i pre - ordered it and re - read dinner since it had been awhile but i must admit i didn ' t enjoy it as much on the second reading . the night before autumn was released reviews started appearing on goodreads a couple of people loved it but most were surpri
autumn rose is the second book in abigail gibbs’ the dark heroine series . i read the first book – the dark heroine : dinner with a vampire – last year , and enjoyed it for the most part , so i was interested to see how the series progressed . initially , it defied my expectations . i was expecting it to pick up more or less where the previous book left off , given that we met autumn rose at the end , but it doesn’t . instead , it moves back in time to the moment of violet lee’s kidnapping , and relates aut
es gibt bücher , die hätte man schon viel früher lesen sollen . . . . .
autumn rose
ist eines davon . in
dark heroine
konnte mich abigal gibbs mit ihrem vampirroman mit biss überzeugen . endlich waren vampire wieder einmal das , was sie sein sollten : keine weichgespülten loverboys sondern hartgesottene monster . am ende erfährt man , worum es in band 2 geht , nämlich um autumn rose , der ersten dunklen heldin . geschickt webt die autorin die informationen zu ihrer komplexen welt in eine unterrichtsstunde v
if izhavto can seize a fraction of the anticipated growth , enticing first - time car buyers with its range of low - priced vehicles , it has a chance of being one of the soviet enterprises to survive , perhaps flourish , in transforming times .
but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt . we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation . and we have come to cash this check , a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice .
y’all , i picked up violins of autumn by amy mcauley despite hearing little to no buzz about its release . i love historical ya , and seeing the magic word spy got my reader senses all a - tingle . the wwii backdrop definitely came to life and i found myself very much enjoying most aspects of this story . our intrepid heroine , betty ( code name : adele ) , isn’t satisfied sitting on the sidelines . she lies about her age so she can train to become a spy . along the way she makes an unlikely best friend , falls in love with an american pilot and manages to pull off more than her share of bravery . this all makes for a very engrossing read , y’all ! the one weak spot of violins of autumn is definitely the romance . it isn’t the focus of the story , and while i’m glad…i was disappointed with robbie , the american love interest . bless his heart , he just didn’t do anything for me . i wasn’t feeling the swoons . i did feel a little more with pierre , the french bad - boy resistance fighter . cue the groans – i can hear you guys already . “nooooo ! not another love triangle ! ” well , fear not . i definitely don’t think there was enough development to call it a triangle . just enjoy the boys for what they are and focus on the real strengths of the story ! from parachuting into nazi - occupied france until its liberation by allied forces – we follow adele and see the part she plays in the war . from undercover tours of enemy munitions factories to dodging check - in points on bicycle – there certainly aren’t a lot of dull moments ! then , when things start to go wrong , adele has to ferret out the existence and identity of an unlikely double agent . seriously , i loved seeing adele’s growth throughout violins of autumn . she has to deal with a lot of confusion and growing pains along with the constant pulse of danger . seeing how the war was changing her while at the same time seeing her struggle not to let it ? definitely made the pages keep turning . i found so many passages very elegantly written : “regular life . it still goes on around me . while a kind man was working up the nerve to ask me on a date , i was working up the nerve to kill him with my bare hands . ” if you’re a fan of historical fiction , violins of autumn by amy mcauley is definitely a book you’ll want to pick up !
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3 , 5 sterne . band 2 bleibt leider ein wenig hinter dem auftakt zurück . . . ich hatte eigentlich erwartet , dass es direkt mit violet weitergeht . wie geht es ihr nach dem ende ? mich bei autumn einzufinden hat aber nicht lange gedauert , sie ist sympathisch und die geschichte ist spannend . auch fallon wurde mir nach und nach sympathischer ( ebenso wie es bei kaspar der fall war ) . aber ich hatte das gefühl , dass die geschichte sich sehr verändert , auch in ihrer erzählweise , als autumn und violett aufeinand
it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment . this sweltering summer of the negro ' s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality . nineteen sixty - three is not an end , but a beginning . and those who hope that the negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual . there will be neither rest nor tranquility in america until the negro is granted his citizenship rights . the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges .
( centerinvest , noting this posture and other signs of the absence of financial transparency , lists shares of izhmash , the publicly traded stock related to izhavto , as an unequivocal
sell .
)
minister of public works and procurement judy foote addresses members of the defence and security industries at the cansec 2016 expo thursday in ottawa .
the film’s anticipated international and domestic success hinges on the depiction of a troubled turning point of turkey in 1955 through a strong cast and technical personnel ; the portrayal of the 1950s ( 1955 ) istanbul - - which was a kaleidoscope of different cultures - - in the setting , costumes and atmosphere of the period . more importantly , it enables viewers to face up to a murky period of turkish politics .
what a mess ! * sighs * i am wretchedly frustrated right now , peeps , considering how much i loved the dark heroine . it took me weeks to get through autumn rose , and i had to push myself all the way through . first of all , autumn rose doesn ' t mention kaspar and violet until its last 20 % . everything in this book happens parallel to the time stamp of the dark heroine but in a different dimension and involving a completely different set of characters . the main heroine , fifteen - year old autumn , is a sage , a magic user and a noble woman , a sagean duchess of england , who goes to a normal school and struggles with her rising power as a seer and her depression due to the loss of her grandmother . no one in her school knows who she really is until prince fallon enrolls in the same school to keep and eye on her , and they start falling in love . straight away i struggled to like autumn . she did not feel like a well developed character , she was disjointed , jumpy , scattered , neurotic . it seemed that i was supposed to admire her but she confused the hell out of me . her relationship with fallon was even worse . they were meant to feel for each other but i wasn ' t seeing it . no spark , zilch , nada . at last there was the whole threat of extermino suspiciously similar to harry potter ' s death eaters and a pretty messy concept of heroines saving the world . from what ? extermino with their conflicting goals ? people like violet ' s father ? i wasn ' t seeing the picture . i perked up a little when kaspar and violet showed up , but the joy didn ' t last . they were described through autumn ' s eyes , her perception , and looked pathetic . she was very judgemental , our girl . so , perhaps , abigail gibbs rushed this book through publication , perhaps she felt like she needed a back story and lacked enthusiasm to write it , but whatever the reason , autumn rose failed to keep me as enthralled as the previous book . i reserve my judgement until book three , hoping it will rekindle my enthusiasm for the series .
2 . 5 stars this was all over the place , i don ' t know what happened but i don ' t think she must have been very enthusiastic about it or was just rushing to finish it . the ' romance ' ( if you can call it that ) between her and fallon was basically non - existent , it was stilted and awkward and there was no character building . i didn ' t like autumn , i felt that her ' depression ' was not realistic , it seemed like it was just thrown in there just for the sake of it . also , violet and kaspar ? autumn was very judge
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i ' m not so sure how to rate it
stars * * * i really don ' t know what i ' m feeling about this book ! ! ! it ' s common secret that i loved fiercely the first book and especially that bloodsucker kaspar varn and his violeta . . . in this book the things were different . . . first of all , we were in another dimension , where humans and people with special powers as autumn were living together openly . autumn rose was a girl with magical powers and scars that showing her kind . . . that she is a sage . sages
overall i liked this book . i will admit that this is not my favorite kasie west book . i really enjoyed our main character autumn and the romance was cute but the plot wasn ' t my favorite . would recommend it , it is a cute book but not my favorite contemporary read .
hi peggy . . . the raspberries are lovely . . . one of my favorites and i love spiderwebs in the morning . . . with dew drops or not . . . beautiful ! ! ! ! your autumn garden produce looks delicious . . . i ' m hoping i can grow something in a pot , since i will no longer have gardening space . . . you don ' t hear of allotment gardening here like you do in england . . . wish communities did more of this . . .
istanbul in the summer of 1955…although the democratic party government has come through the 1954 general elections victoriously , it has entered a continuous process of attrition . the climate of optimism and success experienced during the first few years of power is on the wane . the crisis that erupts between greece and turkey in such an atmosphere leads to the rise of a new wave of nationalistic fervour and offers an opportunity to mask the political failure at home .
similar worries stalk the employees , who typically earn $ 225 a month but receive two - thirds of their salaries while on
autumn vacation .
gennadi shadov , 53 , a plant worker , said that as the industrial city of izhevsk had lost jobs at its gun and motorcycle plants , izhavto offered a chance at security he hoped he did not lose .
i just hope the plant will work until my pension ,
he said .
at 2 ela lost her ability of seeing and hearing because of a severe illness . and then she became a total disappointment of her family due to her untamed behaviors . but everything changed . . . see full summary »
* * * review posted on the eater of books ! blog * * * by your side by kasie west publisher : harperteen publication date : january 31 , 2017 rating : 4 stars source : arc sent by the publisher summary ( from goodreads ) : in this irresistible story , kasie west explores the timeless question of what to do when you fall for the person you least expect . witty and romantic , this paperback original from a fan favorite is perfect for fans of stephanie perkins and morgan matson . when autumn collins finds herself accidentall
release date : january 31 , 2017 ehh i feel like 2 . 5 stars is pretty generous . i love kasie west ' s other books , but this one was pretty . . . empty ? like the characters were all shallow and the plot was pretty basic . autumn and dax are locked in a library over a long weekend ( but could have been literally anywhere because they didn ' t care about the books . they watched tv and ate candy bars ) . the first 40 % of the book is them establishing that autumn is rich & has lots of friends , while dax is a cliche loner bad boy with a rep he doesn ' t deserve because he ' s in foster care and went to juvie for good reasons etc . autumn has an anxiety disorder , but it seems like it ' s mostly thrown in as a prop . . . and it ' s pretty much her entire personality . autumn ' s friends are the worst . but that ' s never really addressed , so that ' s just how they all are . none of them get much of a character . they ' re just the people who forgot about her in the library and left for a bonfire , where the guy autumn has a crush on got in a car accident . so the remaining portion of the story is how autumn is torn between the guy she likes who ' s in a coma and the unsociable dax ( because they apparently bonded with in the library ) . she tells dax that they can ' t kiss and he just has to be a happy distraction for her anxiety . idk where the plot even is but there ' s very little emotion anywhere . the story is super short and everything seems to be more of a plot device than anything that actually matters . it still has the light , fluffy tone of kasie west ' s other books and i liked the potential i saw in it for a bit , but by 70 % i was done trying to care much . in the end this feels more like a character study than a full story . but even that doesn ' t exactly work because the characters were all flat . so the main thing this book has going for it is the solid writing and lighthearted tone . i ' d still recommend checking it out if you like this author ! ! thank you to the publisher for sending me an arc
i really really like kasie west ' s writing . it ' s easy and quick to read , but doesn ' t feel just like fluff / brain candy . there ' s a depth and theme / lesson to her stories , which i appreciate . dax and autumn have a strong chemistry , and i enjoyed how dax helped autumn accept herself . i wish the ending wasn ' t as rushed . the whole book is building up to the romance , which is good , i liked the tension that resulted . it kept me reading . however , i felt everything just wrapped up in a few pages and i just
this is one the best stories on the second world war that is more light hearted than others . some of the world war books are very depression and graphic but this was only slightly so . this is an amzing book to read , especially in autumn and i feel it really captures the emotions of the world war and of france . this is set in france , both in the country side and paris . the characters mostly speak french which is translated , but there are french phrases scattered in there which i love . the whole am
to clarify something : this is not a bookish romance . i know a lot of people got excited by the
trapped in the library
teaser , but that setting is pretty irrelevant to the rest of the story . there ' s no indication the main character , autumn , even reads . dax , the cute , mysterious boy stuck in the library with her , does read . . . his own books . he brought his own books to the library . this book is about what you ' d expect from a kasie west book . it ' s a super clean ya contemporary romance with a happy ending . i have to say the
bad boy who is only bad for righteous reasons
is one of my least favorite tropes ever . but i wound up liking righteously - bad - boy dax quite a bit , and he was a much better character than the collective mess that were autumn ' s friends . you see , autumn ' s friends are the reason she spends an entire weekend locked in an under - heated library with barely enough food to eat and no tampons ( no , that didn ' t come up in the book , but , i mean , i ' m just sayin ' ) , because they drive off and leave her there . but don ' t worry ; they don ' t spend a nanosecond feeling guilty about it . the only one of her friends who seemed like a decent human being was jeff , her almost - boyfriend who spends most of the book in a coma . when autumn rejects him , he handles the situation with absolute class . i don ' t think this is west ' s best work , but it ' s an enjoyable , clean cut ya contemporary . i received a copy of this book to review courtesy of the publisher and edelweiss .
* received in exchange for an honest review * * thank you , harper collins * i was so excited to start this book - i absolutely loved dinner with a vampire so was really looking forward to seeing how this story would develop . what i didn ' t expect was for the book to showcase the same events of book one but from autumn rose ' s point of view . i was a little hesitant at first but there is no repetition in the book ; it ' s all new and fresh and i loved this book even more than the first one ! autumn is a much more likeable character and i truly cared about what happened to her and and the royal family . even though this book doesn ' t lead to much progression with regards to the story , it is definitely a great read - truly captivating . i loved learning about the sagean community in this book . it was even more fascinating than the world of vampires in the last . i got so immersed in this community and was eager to learn how the events developed from autumn ' s point of view . it was a very emotional read and filled with so many * feels * moments . it was difficult to see autumn attempting to recover from her grandmother ' s death and coming to terms with her role as guardian at her school . she is responsible for ensuring that the students are safe from the extermino . autumn harbours a few secrets which are slowly revealed as the novel progresses . i really loved reading from her point of view ; everything seemed so much fresher and made for a much nicer read compared to that of violet ' s . it was definitely interesting to see the events unfolding which led to the revelation of violet lee in dinner with a vampire . i love that it has been written like this , but i hope that next bit progresses the story a little more . gibbs ' writing has developed immensely in this book with the world building being much cleaner and the language is more mature . the world that she creates is so captivating , i really couldn ' t put this book down . one of my most anticipated reads of 2014 and it definitely didn ' t disappoint . abigail gibbs is definitely a very talented lady and i ' m looking forward to reading more from her - bring on book three !
3 , 5 sterne . band 2 bleibt leider ein wenig hinter dem auftakt zurück . . . ich hatte eigentlich erwartet , dass es direkt mit violet weitergeht . wie geht es ihr nach dem ende ? mich bei autumn einzufinden hat aber nicht lange gedauert , sie ist sympathisch und die geschichte ist spannend . auch fallon wurde mir nach und nach sympathischer ( ebenso wie es bei kaspar der fall war ) . aber ich hatte das gefühl , dass die geschichte sich sehr verändert , auch in ihrer erzählweise , als autumn und violett aufeinandertreffen und das hat mir nicht so sonderlich gefallen . alles in allem ein toller band zwei , der lust auf mehr macht .
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i am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations . some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells . some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality . you have been the veterans of creative suffering . continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive . go back to mississippi , go back to alabama , go back to south carolina , go back to georgia , go back to louisiana , go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities , knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed . let us not wallow in the valley of despair .
4 . 5 star review on the blog when i finished the dark heroine : dinner with a vampire about a year ago , it was left me speechless at the beginning and at the end ! since twilight i usually refrained from any books dealing with vampires . it was the cover and the fact that this author began this story at such a young age that captured my attention . violet lee and kaspar varn left me wondering so much . the story continues , however with a twist . violet and kaspar are no longer the center of the story , autumn and fallon are . i assumed the story would pick up right where it left off . i was wrong . i stayed away from early author interviews and blog posts , because i like the element of surprise . surprised i was , to find that autumn rose was the beginning of a new saga that would soon cross paths with violet lee . to my disappointment violet and kaspar are no where in sight until the very end . it’s all about autumn rose . autumn is a sage . bound to guard the humans of the present day from the extermino . she tries very hard to appear to be your average student , in an everyday high school . deep down however , she isn’t . she’s royalty , she’s a protector , a guardian with a mission . she is determined to save and protect those that she is destined to save . along the way she speaks to her grandmother who has died . she looks to her spirit and voice for direction in stressful times . wishing for answers to bring two worlds together . when i was 75 % finished with autumn rose i knew it would be a 4 tree review . however , the ending was a review changer for me . ms . gibbs truly hooked her readers in book 1 with violet’s distressed story and final revelation . she did the same with autumn rose . she provided the reader with so much back story that it gave us a closer look of the settings and missions being presented . i hope my wait for book 3 will not be as long . it is truly exciting to see female protagonists grow and grow within a series . there are several minor characters that know have a story waiting to flow from the pen to paper . this series will continue to go far in so many ways . lastly , there are many questions left unanswered . for me , that is what makes amazing writing !


the double life of veronique ( french : la double vie de veronique , polish : podwójne życie weroniki ) is a 1991 french-polish-norwegian drama film directed by krzysztof kieślowski and starring irène jacob .

written by kieślowski and krzysztof piesiewicz , the film explores the themes of identity , love , and human intuition through the characters of weronika , a polish choir soprano , and her double , véronique , a french music teacher .

the two women do not know each other , and yet they share a mysterious and emotional bond that transcends language and geography .

the double life of veronique is notable for sławomir idziak 's innovative cinematography and zbigniew preisner 's operatic score .

the film was kieślowski 's first to be produced partly outside his native poland .

it won the prize of the ecumenical jury and the fipresci prize at the 1991 cannes film festival for krzysztof kieslowski , and the best actress award for irène jacob .

the double life of veronique was selected as the polish entry for the best foreign language film at the 64th academy awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .

the double life of veronique

double life of veronique , the ( la double vie de veronique ) . dir . krzysztof kieslowski . perf .
the double life of veronique cocoons you within its beauty and refuses to let go .
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with the headline : review / film ; metaphysical equation in ' the double life of veronique ' .
the filming locations used for the double life of veronique are on my site , kieslowski’s world , in the films section .
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refracted reflections take center stage in krzysztof kieślowski’s the double life of veronique , a poetic overture on the power of senses and sensibilities .
this piece was originally published in the criterion collection’s 2006 edition of the double life of véronique .
don ' t even attempt to resolve that paradox , and the double life of veronique will work on its own poetic terms .
this essay was originally published in the booklet accompanying the 2006 dvd release of the double life of véronique .
krzysztof kieślowski’s 1991 masterpiece the double life of véronique ( la double vie de véronique ) is quite simply one of the most beautiful films ever made .
kieslowski has directed several excellent films before this one , but the double life of veronique is a work of genius . it is tight , spare and visually brilliant .
i don’t remember the first time i saw the double life of veronique . it was probably the revue cinema in peterborough… my habitual seat , near the front , left of center . whatever…
this essay was originally published in the booklet accompanying the 2006 dvd release of the double life of véronique . a new life experience is in the air today , a perception that explodes the form of the linear narrative and renders life as a multi…
it is important to resist the temptation to figure out every last detail of “the double life of veronique , ” the mysterious and poetic new film by krzysztof kieslowski . that way lies frustration .
subtlety certainly haunts krysztof kieslowski’s movies . to a large degree the double life of veronique ( 1991 ) is stripped from unnecessary dialogue and events – which makes veronique’s life all the more dreamlike . this notion is empowered by the soft – green – yellowish cinematography as well as the repetitive images of the old lady and other delicate details .
all my life i ' ve felt like i was here and somewhere else at the same time ,
says weronika in kryzysztof kieslowski ' s film , the double life of veronique . 10 years ago when i first watched this film , i didn ' t have enough life experience to truly understand the depth of her statement .
it ' s at this moment that
the double life of veronique
begins to become both too literal and too fanciful , and sometimes inadvertently funny . veronika is far more engaging than veronique , who seems less a genuine character than a figure invented to finish off a theory .
if kieslowski ' s overarching metaphors about weronika / veronique seem strained , jacob ' s sensuous and delicately nuanced performance will double your pleasure .
the double life of veronique
is mr . kieslowski ' s most beautiful film to date but also , in its way , his most opportunistic . it has the shape of something manufactured to fit a co - production contract .
things i love in movies ( or just in general ) : puzzles , melancholia , beautiful women . those are the building blocks of double life .
the double life of veronique
doesn ' t end . about three - quarters of the way through , it starts to dissolve , like mist , so that by the time it is actually over the screen seems to have been blank for some time .
it was later that i saw irene jacob in the double life of veronique , a film marking kieslowski’s international debut and preceding his colors trilogy . jacob is mesmerizing in veronique . add the haunting musical theme that permeates the film and ties together the lives of these two identical veroniques , and you have a film well deserving of its criterion collection status .
the double life of veronique might not quite make my desert island list alongside three colours blue and three colours red , but it ' s still interesting and beautiful for fans of kiewslowski , and looking at the beautiful irene jacob is no hardship either .
the double life of veronique
was part of the recent new york film festival . following are excerpts from vincent canby ' s review , which appeared in the new york times on sept . 20 , 1991 . the film opens today at lincoln plaza cinemas .
the double life of veronique is a film alive with symbols that needs a level of understanding life in untaught experiences to decipher . living life was what changed this film for me and turned indifference into understanding . in 10 years , i wonder what a repeat viewing might change for me yet again . perhaps next time , having better grown into my skin , i ' ll see the film as a metaphor for the self - as veronique and weronika representing a cohesion of the full self instead of representing two separate individuals .
this essay was originally published in the booklet accompanying the 2006 dvd release of the double life of véronique . at the opening ceremony of the 1996 cannes film festival , actress irène jacob was asked to pay tribute to krzysztof kieślowski , w…
i read your recent review of the double life of veronique on slant . a couple of small points – it’s slawomir idziak not slawomir idriak and veronique taught her music students at the lycée amédée gasquet , clermont - ferrand in the south of france not paris which is 265 miles further north . apart from those very minor details , a good review of criterion’s bd region - 1 version which was released 31 january 2011 .
* * for instance , sight & sound’s greatest films of all time ( 2012 ) poll—carried out every ten years—places blue over 100 places higher than either red or the double life of véronique .
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the double life of veronique ( 1991 ) is one of kieslowski ' s best films , and is probably his most artistic , as conductors , puppeteers , artists , and european culture permeate this masterpiece of a film . this film wouldn ' t be complete without the exquisite music found on this cd . beautiful vocals , acoustic numbers , and piano generate an eclectic sound that brings out the arts and culture of eastern europe . i particularly like tracks 4 fand 8 . this soundtrack is essential to the overall experience of enjoying a kieslowski film . do yourself a favor by owning the soundtracks of the kieslowski masterpieces ( three colors trilogy , the double life of veronique , and dekalog ) .
tomorrow , our discussion of the double life of veronique continues with a staff forum on the film’s divides between emotion and logic , reality and fantasy , mystery and specificity , and more . and on thursday , noel murray dives into kieslowski’s early career as a documentarian , and explores his shift to feature filmmaking .
liberty , equality and fraternity are the themes of krzysztof kieslowski ' s trilogy , three colours . the first , blue , lives up to his reputation for gravitas . yet for the director of the decalogue and the double life of veronique his job is ' a game ' jonathan romney ' s interview with krzysztof kieslowski was originally published on 15 oct 1993
what kieslowski does for cinema is what steinbeck did for writing : create beautiful images juxtaposed against the fragility of life . the ethereal irene jacob is wonderful as the heroine doppelgangers weronika / veronique . she brings life to kieslowski ' s characters as well as meaning . the cinematography is beyond that of current american films .
let’s move into the shadow of the cloth hall standing in the centre of the square . this is where the key moments of krzysztof kieślowski’s the double life of veronique take place , when the two twin heroines see each other from a distance during a student demonstration in the late 1980s . very close to here , andrzej wajda shot a scene for his katyń in which citizens learn from the loudhailers deployed in the square of the discovery of the mass graves of polish soldiers in the katyń forest .
a beautifully made yet abstruse film , the double life of veronique is the story of two young women who are in some mysterious and irresolvable way the same woman leading two different yet interconnected lives . directed by the great krzysztof kieslowski , known for his blue , white & red films . the score by zbigniew preisner compliments the oblique images . 1991 .
when alexandre and veronique finally come together after several complications – he discovers a photograph of weronika that veronique captured by chance on her trip to krakow . she bursts into tears and he makes love to her .
the problem with these games is that they are locked in time . i can always repeat my action next year , but never last year . i cannot make an appointment in the past . something like that game is what “the double life of veronique” is about , with the addition that only the filmmaker , only kieslowski , knows both of the women .
each of us is matched somewhere in the world , by our exact double - someone who shares our thoughts and dreams .
a great film from one of my favorite directors gets a stellar blu - ray release from criterion . i hadn’t seen the double life of veronique in nearly a decade . but it’s whimsical mystery and sensuality holds more weight as ever . irene jacob’s dual performance hints at the way a surrealist world overlaps with the mysteries of real life , and the result is a beautiful , incomplete poem . you can find my review for the disc at slant .
while the audience is aware of the connections between veronique and veronika , veronique is not . she unknowingly grieves for veronika’s death , but doesn’t know what this grief means . the film therefore introduces a character to make veronique more aware of her surroundings : through the puppeteer , alexandre . veronique becomes aware of him at one of his performances , becoming entranced by the performance and by him . the texture of his face in a mirror , and the music surrounding the performance enthrall her . the scene offers little explanation of why there is romantic interest , but veronique’s intense focus on him and his performance links her character very emotionally to him in a way that the audience is made to understand .
a woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child .
where the tumultuous history of a world war meets everyday life , and private lives – a . . .
krzysztof kieslowski ' s
double life of veronique
exemplifies a very distinctive kind of contemporary european film . intellectually well bred , it bewitches the eye . it introduces a lovely new actress named irene jacob and , in a series of alternately haunting and opaque sequences , examines a metaphysical equation whose symbolism and practical application would seem to be of no urgency whatsoever .
krzysztof kieslowski ' s
the double life of veronique
is a sensitive and awe inspiring experience . kieslowski is exploring the basic idea of the counterpart theory in metaphysics . if you can grasp that theory and understand the long standing ' double ' troupes ( they range from dostoyevsky ' s famous story ' the double ' to as recently as
another earth
) you will begin to unlock the film . on the surface irene jacob is terrific and the cinematography is incredible ( all those colors ! ) .
the double life of veronique
is a wonderful and complex experience that is immensely rewarding to committed viewers but beware that the film will be extremely confounding if merely ' watched . ' also , many people think the film is not ' meant to be figured out . ' i wholeheartedly disagree . i think the film fits it ' s pieces together quite well - but again , it goes back to counterpart theory . urltoken
veronique is equally entrhalled by alexandre fabbri’s puppet show and falls in love with him . everything about him reminds her of her dead sister weronika – who’s presence in her life she can only sense vaguely .
when krzysztof kieślowski’s the double life of véronique was first screened at cannes , in 1991 , the critical reception was rapturous . georgia brown declared in the village voice , “anything i say about [ the film ] is merely a labored minuet dance…
history may have sidelined the double life of véronique , but that is not to say the film has not lasted . in its teasing , fragmentary nature , it may well outlast the three colors trilogy , with its somber attempt at a definitive encapsulation of the human predicament at the end of the european twentieth century . the double life of véronique retains the kind of mystery that subsists when the search for meaning and shape is undertaken with the seriousness and pleasure of game playing . it is the sense of pervasive trompe l’oeil , of the conjurer’s—rather than the puppeteer’s—art , that makes the film endure as a spellbinding experience , as well as a perplexing one .
don ' t think i could sit through la double vie these days without the accompanying sultry tones of annete insdorf ' s commentary .
as the double life of veronique turns more incandescent and disjointed , it becomes clear kieślowski isn’t interesting in the specific machinations of narrative or the idea of forward momentum , but of hypnotic stasis in a glowing temporal space . while alive , weronicka slowly becomes aware of her potential through the same type of shared resonance veronique feels so strongly later in the film . yet this feeling doesn’t come to fruition until there’s a form of metaphysical closure , either through death or discovery . late in the film , when veronique realizes she captured her double in a photograph while visiting poland , her eyes well up as if she’s seen a long lost friend for the first time . even when this realization comes , kieślowski plays down the dramatic or even romantic expectations , instead dwelling in the haunting knowledge that maybe , someone else occupies the same mental space you do .
features weronika / veronique and the events take place from the main character’s point of view . this technique has been used in other great movies such as
the double life of veronique is a slight , lyrical fable that benefits enormously from the charm of its star , cannes award - winner irene jacob . the film introduces us to two women , both played by jacob . polish veronika leaves her provincial home town and family for the city of krakow , where she is offered a place to study singing at a prestigious music school ; . . . read more
second off is the father’s expression . something is wrong – terribly wrong . if veronique had an identical twin in poland – then who is veronique’s father ? one must take into account that the film includes a scene where weronika’s aunt hints at a medical condition that runs in the family – which could explain that veronique has been adopted . but who is the biological mother ? one could go on forever and perhaps the whole idea about a family relation is wrong and that the ending scene of the double life of veronique is simply very “deep . ” but then again – kieslowski denied that there were any metaphors in his movies and he has been quoted saying : “for me a bottle of milk is simply a bottle of milk ; when it spills , it means milk’s been spilled . ”
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in the double life of véronique , the camera has the same probing , investigative insistence as in kieslowski’s documentaries detailing a day in a polish hospital , or the experiences of workers and management at a factory , but now set free from the constraints the director placed upon himself in his documentary work .
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it could easily be claimed that the finest kieslowski’s accomplishment is “three colors : blue” , which is breathtaking and won him the best film award at venice film festival , or “three colors : red” , which received oscar nominations in three categories , but here , the reasons will be presented why “the double life of veronique” is not only his best film , but a perfect film .
so far removed from political realities is double life that the only hint of the social chaos raging in poland serves as the backdrop for a chance meeting between weronika and véronique ( both played by irène jacob ) in the streets of warsaw . véronique , happily taking pictures of a political demonstration from inside a tour bus , doesn’t even notice weronika standing mystified at the sight of her spiritual double , and the tightness of the framing and dramatic cutting between the two women as the bus drives away reduces the surrounding tumult to atmosphere .
isn’t that it just relates back to its own superficiality , but that it makes its self - reference deep within the story . at the end , when alexandre tells veronique he has written a book seemingly about her life called ,
veronika lives in poland . veronique lives in paris . they don ' t know each other . veronika gets a place in a music school , works hard , but collapses and dies on her first performance . at this point , veronique ' s life seems to take a turn and she decides not to be a singer .
two women . . . complete strangers , but strangely linked to each other . . . renowned director krzysztof kieslowski ( three colors : red , white and blue ) confirmed his reputation as one of cinema ' s visionary filmmakers with this beautifully poetic , elegantly mysterious film that ponders the nature of intuition and the metaphysical connections between people . irene jacob lights up the screen as both weronika , a deeply spiritual polish soprano , and her double , veronique , a more earthy french music teacher . each senses the other and is affected by each other ' s experiences , though they have no idea of the other ' s existence . aided by a haunting operatic score , the double life of veronique is a mesmerizing masterpiece of filmmaking .
particles of light and flickers of shadow dance across the frame in krzysztof kieślowski’s luminary art film the double life of veronique , constructing a fluttering opera of duality and déjà vu seemingly suspended in motion . through the parallel characters of polish singer weronika and french music teacher veronique ( both played by irene jacob ) , women who live in separate cities but somehow feel each other’s presence , kieślowski envisions a modern world where the combination of touch and fate can reconcile life’s incomprehensible mysteries . not surprisingly , artistic mediums such as puppetry , song , and music formulate the shifting boundaries of this world , heightening the smallest moments through this feeling of unseen overlap . when their paths occasionally do cross in dizzying fits of circumstance , the women inherently gain access to a special form of self - evaluation that grows more ambiguous and personal as the film progresses .
the only time they are physically near is when veronique takes a picture of weronika while she is riding on a bus . this scene shows the imaginary character of their relationship , which is transformed into art . weronika dies , but veronique feels love toward her . the connection is broken , but it lives on .
first off – the palm on the tree is a mirror of the opening image of weronika and veronique as children . weronika’s mother shows her daughter the starry sky above them and veronique’s mother shows her daughter the veins on a leaf . interestingly – weronika later on looks through a transparent ball and sees the world from the same perspective . on the whole the two girls represent the heavenly and the earthly .
new life experience is in the air today , a perception that explodes the form of the linear narrative and renders life as a multiform flow . up to the domain of the “hard” sciences ( quantum physics and its multiple - reality interpretation ; neo - darwinism ) , we seem to be haunted by the chanciness of life and the alternate versions of reality . to quote stephen jay gould’s blunt formulation , which uses precisely the cinema metaphor : “wind back the film of life and play it again . the history of evolution will be totally different . ” either life is experienced as a series of multiple parallel destinies that interact and are crucially affected by meaningless contingent encounters , the points at which one series intersects with and intervenes in another ( see robert altman’s
eventually the government loosened its grip , and kieslowski ' s last four films were french co - productions . but his impulse to dodge the censors stuck around , as did his knack for subversion . after all , the decalogue is based on one of history ' s most famous sets of laws ; the three colors films each explore one of the founding virtues of the french republic ( liberty , equality , and fraternity ) ; and the double life of veronique seems to be at least partly about the struggles between eastern and western europe after the fall of the iron curtain .
veronique is a beautiful young french woman who aspires to be a renowned singer ; weronika lives in poland , has a similar career goal and looks identical to veronique , though the two are not related . the film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives , with veronique embarking on an unusual romance with alexandre fabbri , a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues .
veronique is a beautiful young french woman who aspires to be a renowned singer ; weronika lives in poland , has a similar career goal and looks identical to veronique , though the two are not related . the film follows both women as they content with the ups and downs of their individual lives , with veronique embarking on an unusual romance with alexandre fabbri , a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues .
urltoken the double life of veronique : irène jacob , wladyslaw kowalski , halina gryglaszewska , kalina jedrusik , aleksander bardini , jerzy gudejko , janusz sterninski , philippe volter , sandrine dumas , louis ducreux , claude duneton , lorraine evanoff , slawomir idziak , krzysztof kieslowski , jacques witta , bernard - p . guiremand , leonardo de la fuente , ryszard chutkowski , krzysztof piesiewicz : movies & tv
first love ( 1974 ) depicted seven months in the life of a married couple , from four months into the wife’s pregnancy to two months after the child’s birth . kieslowski orchestrated some of the situations—all of them intended as events which would otherwise naturally occur in daily life—in order to capture the participant’s unscripted responses . originally envisioned as a documentary that would follow the newborn throughout her life until she also gave birth , kieslowski actually negotiated with polish television and managed to convince the authorities to secure the couple a new four - room apartment in order to portray an “optimistic” view of family life .
“ [ the pittsburgh region ] can double for anything in the world , as long as you don’t need a beach or the desert , ” keezer says .
his seriousness has an allure that can keep an audience in awestruck thrall - which is not always the best critical response a film - maker could wish for . his films are sparing with their humour and their moral gravity is of the sort that brooks no argument . kieslowski favours the large themes . his acclaimed series of television films , the decalogue ( 1988 ) , illustrated the ten commandments his last feature , the double life of veronique , addressed life , death and the elusive nature of identity . his new trilogy , three colours ( blue is released today with white and red to follow ) , takes on the values of liberty , equality and fraternity .
with the double life of véronique , kieslowski seems to have found the ideal hybrid cinematic form . freed from the limitations of documentary and the preoccupations of communist poland , he made a film that not only witnesses “people’s innermost thoughts and emotions” without flinching , but also represents that drive to connect as fundamentally human , yet achingly difficult to achieve .
this film presents a tour - de - force performance form irene jacob in the lead double role of weronika / veronique . i ' m a huge fan of kieslowski but i struggled with this one - it ' s difficult to get your head around it . nevertheless it presents interesting things to reflect on .
in a career with no shortage of grand cinematic works — the “three colors” trilogy , “ the double life of veronique ” — there are few who would argue that krzysztof kieslowski ‘s “ the decalogue ” isn’t his crowning achievement . and while it is currently available in a decent dvd box set from facets , a release from the criterion collection has [ … ] the post revisit a masterpiece with the international trailer for krzysztof kieslowski ’s newly restored ‘ the decalogue ’ appeared first on the playlist .
on paper , the story of the double life of veronique is fairly simple . in poland , a young woman named weronika ( irène jacob ) lives with a great passion for life : she embraces her lover antek ( jerzy gudejko ) with the same ardency she brings to the experience of being caught in a rainstorm , or experiencing a shower of dust motes falling from a decrepit ceiling . she also embraces her music fervently , dropping antek cold and moving to krakow when she gets an opportunity to perform . but her heart is weak , and the intensity of her singing strains it . even so , she continues to perform—and dies of a heart attack in the middle of a performance .
oddly enough for a film renowned for its otherworldly beauty , the double life of véronique derives much of its vitality from skills kieslowski honed making documentaries , his chief occupation for the first decade and a half of his career . the criterion collection edition includes three of kieslowski’s short documentaries , and a 2005 featurette by luc lagier on the director’s work from 1966 to 1988 explicates his documentary style , including his penchant for looking “behind the gloss of communist propaganda” . that will to unveil secrets informs kieslowski’s fictional films as well . in one of a series of interviews made during the filming of the double life of véronique , he explains that he turned away from documentary film when he realized that pushing the format to record “people’s innermost thoughts and emotions” was too invasive .
in addition to the features mentioned above , disc extras include interviews with jacob , cinematographer slawomir idziak , and composer zbigniew preisner . the companion booklet contains production facts , an essay by jonathan romney placing the double life of véronique in the context of kieslowski’s work and ' 90s film , and excerpts from the 1993 book kieslowski on kieslowski .
although no end and various decalogues involved female protagonists , double life also showcases kieslowski’s late emphasis on actresses in more progressive feminist terms . at least one commentator , alicja helman , groups the female protagonists of kieslowski’s late films ( sans white ) in a positive light :
witek runs after a train . three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of witek ' s life .
( 1981 ) , three possible outcomes of a banal incident lead a man’s life in three entirely separate directions . in the otherwise seemingly naturalistic
shohei imamura’s uncompromising vision of this mortal coil , in which the hero’s ageing mother uses her last year to improve life in their village .
the double life of véronique is a question of identity , of how much our
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resides in us . are we puppets of a loving caretaker , playing our parts for his celestial audience ? or are we the music - makers , who guide his hands to protect us from harm , who demand from him a safety net of human consciousness…
the double life of veronika is the soundtrack to the acclaimedfrench film , la double vie de veronique , which won an award in thecannes film festival in 1991 . the original motion picture sound track is composed by zbigniew preisner . the music depicts the pain of two souls in search of eachother . elzbieta towarnicka ' s voice is so powerful that it moves you spiritually . the intensity and depth of the music is over - powering and yet it is quite soothing to one ' s inner soul . one can ' t help but feel overwhelmed by the conflicting emotions . there is a sense of sadness and that sadness is beautiful . this music is phenomenal and i have not come accross anything quite like it . end
krzysztof kieslowki , one of the most visionary european directors , passed away 20 years ago , and seattle polish film festival is commemorating this anniversary with a series of his films , including the double life of veronique , a short film about killing , and the entire remastered decalogue series . kieslowski ' s cinematographer and long - time collaborator slawomir idziak is our honored guest and will be present for this screening and a panel discussion titled
idziak on kieslowski
immediately following the film .
almost all movies confine any abstract visuals to behind the opening credits . in double life , the screen dissolves into a several abstract shots and short passages . intense eroticism is amplified by a close camera and the blurred results of a n ext remely short focal length… like eyes struggling to focus .
thesis ( 6 : 30 ) – weronika says “i don’t think i am alone in this world” – she is actually questioning it . catalyst ( 13 : 00 ) – weronika sees her double – veronique – on a street in krakow . antithesis ( 26 : 00 ) – weronika suffers her second heart attack during the performance of a piece by the mysterious van den budenmayer – and dies . the audience is then introduced to veronique who lives in a different country and who decides to give up her singing career . the world is placed on its head . b story ( 33 : 00 ) – veronique is introduced to alexandre fabbri during his marionette performace on her school . just as the b - character should do – he guides the main character forward to the resolution of the film : synthesis ( 120 : 00 ) – veronique discovers the photograph of weronika that she captured by chance on a bus in krakow . the question posed in the opening minutes of the movie has been answered and veronique bursts into purifying tears .
two young women , both called veronica , seem to share a single existence , albeit in different countries . polish singer weronika sees her french double , veronique , taking her picture at a political rally but dies the next day . in france , veronique feels a strange sense of loss but it takes many twists of fate to help her discover why - and even then the outcome is unclear . one of the late krzysztof kieslowski ' s more oblique films , featuring an award winning performance by irene jacob .
before miramax distributed the double life of véronique in the us , harvey weinstein insisted kieslowski add several shots to the film’s ending to provide more clarity , though the augmented conclusion does little to resolve the film’s central mystery . ( the criterion collection blu - ray , with features and extras identical to the 2006 criterion dvd release , includes the alternate american ending . )
even before its 1991 release , krzysztof kieslowski’s enigmatic the double life of véronique had taken on many more guises than the dual existence of the title . as he grappled with how suggestive or explicit to make the film , kieslowski produced 21 different cuts , all based on an uncanny , and deceptively simple , premise—two young women , one living in poland ( veronika ) and one in france ( véronique ) , share a striking resemblance , and though they never meet , each feels the other’s influence . until producers balked at the prohibitive cost , kieslowski even considered scuttling the effort to settle on a single , definitive cut , in favor of releasing multiple versions of the double life of véronique , one for each of the 17 theaters of its initial paris run .
krzysztof kieslowski ' s
the double life of veronique
has a fragile , opiated atmosphere that hovers somewhere between eroticism and melancholy . it ' s a hushed , moody puzzle of a film with the haunted , unresolved air of a ghost story by henry james , or one of borges ' poetic labyrinths . you feel as if you ' re only half - seeing it , as you might see the image of solar eclipse in smoked glass , or as if your sense of time had been disrupted and the whole thing had flashed before your eyes in the instant between heartbeats .
fans of the decalogue tend to be so reverent that it is hard not to wonder whether there isn ' t less to these dramas than meets the eye . visually prosaic , the series had enough elusive symbolism and gravitas of pacing to make it more resonant than its anecdotal nature seemed to allow for . the double life of veronique , on the other hand , was extremely stylised , slawomir idziak ' s baroque photography bringing an eerie depth to an already elliptical story ( idziak achieves similar wonders in blue ) .
but the double life… stands on its own as a gorgeous piece of work , as something that is worth experiencing and fall in love with and hope it will slide into your dreams at night . the joy of life , or should i say joie de vivre , visible in the film , especially in the polish version of jacob’s character , is intoxicating without it ever becoming sentimental . perhaps because the film refuses to say anything out loud and mostly just whisper its ideas and narratives , it avoids the risk of sentimentality .
sometimes i play a game in my life , which consists of returning to an exact place and time and duplicating an exact action .
in the 2002 sight & sound poll to determine the greatest films of all time , dekalog and a short film about killing received votes from 4 critics and 3 directors , including ebert , new yorker critic david denby , and director mira nair . [ 16 ] additionally , in the sight & sound poll held the same year to determine the top 10 films of the previous 25 years , kieslowski was named # 2 on the list of top directors , with votes for his films being split between dekalog , three colors red / blue , and the double life of veronique . [ 17 ]
when i first began my exploration into foreign cinema in high school , i had known of the importance of this film and of the director on films i knew well , like amelie . curious to delve deeper into whimsical french cinema , i watched the double life of veronique expecting it to resonate with me and become one of my favorite films . unfortunately , i was bored throughout my viewing and couldn ' t quite comprehend why it was so impactful when nothing seemed to happen . i found the pacing too slow , the narrative too convoluted to a point of disengagement , the characters too self - absorbed and unrelatable .
leading up to the emptiness of their magical connection isn’t the only reason kieslowski plays with refraction . the whole film reminds viewers throughout of the connection between weronika and veronique—and reminds them again once it’s severed . when the story focuses on weronika , living her life , she appears doubled in shot after shot , as she stands near mirrors , or reflective surfaces . very occasionally in double life , a character will actually look directly into a mirror and see themselves ( as opposed to the multiple shots where they examine a mirror at an angle , and see someone else ) but mostly , weronika is shadowed by reflections she doesn’t even notice :
i can not for the life of me think of a way to talk about or summarise my thoughts on this film . so i won ' t . just watch it .
the floodgates open to the world of the metaphysical when alexandre discovers a picture of veronika in veronique’s collection of photographs . first he assumes it is her , but veronique attests to the fact it isn’t - yet she can’t help but become overwhelmed by the possibilities of what this connection could mean . the purpose of alexandre finally becomes clear . as kieslowski explains , “alexandre’s made veronique aware that something else exists , that the other veronika did exist . he’s the one who noticed , and perhaps he understood what she couldn’t understand herself . ” the rest of the story shows how alexandre weaves veronique’s life into his art , but his initial purpose in the plot is that he is the one who begins to make her think with all her senses . his function is also made clear by the scene in which the two finally meet in a café , accomplished by him sending her a cassette of the surrounding noises of the area and hoping she is able to use the clues in the recording to track him down . it is a scene with little to do with narrative , but rather makes obvious what kind of levels the film is focusing on . in one way ,
we know life happens , so if something comes up , you can return or exchange your tickets up until the posted showtime .
the double life of veronique is a wildly original and great effort from director krzysztof kieslowski . the main idea to this film is that two women , one in france and one in poland , who don ' t know each other are aware of one another ' s existence and essential the same person . or something like that . this story ' s main concept really isn ' t too difficult , it ' s just played out strange . it is fairly original and well done though .
kieslowski never really brings his story to any resolution , and that ' s as it should be .
the double life of veronique
is a mesmerizing poetic work composed in an eerie minor key . its effect on the viewer is subtle but very real . the film takes us completely into its world , and in doing so , it leaves us with the impression that our own world , once we return to it , is far richer and portentous than we had imagined .
sometimes , these images are significant because they rhyme with later images : weronika twisting her fingers in the strings of a fringed blanket during sex mirrors the way she twines them through the lace of her music case when she sings , drawing a connective line that shows how powerfully her music affects her physically . when alexandre sends veronique that shoelace , she connects it with her own music - case lace , similar to weronika’s , without realizing why—and it’s one more suggestion that he knows something profound about the central mystery of her life . the major disappointment of the film , both for veronique and the audience , is that he doesn’t—his interest in her is mundane and selfish , and he doesn’t know any more about the mysteries of her life than she does .
that said ; i do believe the cinematography of the double life… has been copied quite strongly , just not as extensively . the main example of ‘copying’ is probably amelie ( 2001 ) , which uses not only the same color palette , but a similarly surrealistic way of framing ( though it pushes the surrealism even further and more to the front ) and even kind of look - alike main actress ( and they’re both mostly french ) with kind of similar personalities .
have i made
the double life of veronique
sound as if nothing much happens ? the movie has a hypnotic effect . we are drawn into the character , not kept at arm ' s length with a plot . both women are good and true and do nothing shameful . there is a shot of jacob , who pauses for a moment and lifts her head to the sun , and we know what she is experiencing : here i am , my life around me , my hopes high , my trust confident , standing stock still , the sun on my face , living in this moment . it is a holy moment .
besides storyline , the plot devotes its attention to themes of love , companionship and solitude . veronique quits singing ( breaks with teacher ) . veronika goes to krakow to visit her aging aunt , leaving behind her lover . both veronique and veronika have tender , loving relations with their fathers and have lost their mothers . when we first meet veronique she is making love to a man who , minutes later , she does not allow to stay . the subplot involves a lie about intimacy . a character turns the pursuit of intimacy into a game . there are co - incidences between characters who never meet . a hotel room is oddly furnished with two single beds pushed together . the story has veronique , in several different senses , looking at herself . and finally : most central of all , there is the mystical link between ( french ) veronique and ( polish ) veronika .
this is more or less the introduction to the main body of the film , which is set in france and in which the french veronique appears tolearn instinctively from the mistakes ( if that ' s what they are ) of her polish sister - in - spirit .
however familiar the music sounded i could not make sense of it . but then i noticed the name “van den budenmayer” and in a scene later on – veronique talked of a recently discovered dutch composer who lived two centuries ago .
but when she dies , and the action switches to veronique , the reflections stop for a while . veronique tells her lover that she feels alone in the world , and she doesn’t know why—she’s grieving for something , and doesn’t know who . she feels weronika’s absence , without ever having seen or known her , and the film communicates that absence by temporarily dropping the theme of doubles and reflections .
but by constantly pulling away from head - on views , from simple framing and straightforward visuals , he encourages the audience to examine every frame , and to study how he’s telling his story . so much of double life is in the juxtapositions : weronika shouting out of a window , offering help to a heavily laden old woman in the street , may not be significant , but the moment takes on weight when veronique sees a similar old woman , and has a moment of déjà vu . it’s hard to know how to interpret a shot of a woman glowering when weronika is awarded the prize at a competition—is she a second - place competitor ? a stymied judge who disapproves of the decision ? if weronika and veronique are god’s avatars on earth , bringing glorious music to the world , is the angry woman an antonio salieri - like figure representing the other side ? or something else entirely ? ( on a commentary track on criterion’s double life release , film scholar and kieslowski - book author annette insdorf suggests she’s a “harbinger of the angel of death”—a rather dramatic interpretation , but one kieslowski does nothing to encourage or refute . ) when she recurs in paris—initially seeming flabbergasted at seeing veronique , then lingering and glowering in a café to watch her—is the moment significant ? viewers can decide for themselves , since kieslowski doesn’t say .
another thread : the film is full of artists and artisans . in addition to the singers , musicians , and the puppeteer , veronika’s father paints and véronique’s father works with wood . the double life of véronique foregrounds the ubiquity of interpretation , artistic or otherwise . instances of mediated reality fill the film : a cathedral seen through a train window is distorted by imperfections in the glass ; a clear rubber ball that véronique holds up to the light inverts and gives a fish - eye perspective to scenes . the world may just be too volatile to experience first - hand , the fate of veronika seems to suggest . perhaps véronique will avoid a similar demise , because she witnessed her double after the fact , and via the mechanical reproduction of photography .
it ' s almost believable . after all , the polish filmmaker ' s most famous movies don ' t have obviously political plots . the double life of veronique , the three colors trilogy ( blue , white , and red ) , and the decalogue — a series of hour - long films that aired on polish tv in 1988 , with each episode corresponding to one of the ten commandments — are more about the concerns of ordinary citizens , like sex , family , and money , than political intrigue . ( a restored edition of the decalogue was released in theaters across the us this month , culminating in a five - disc criterion release on september 27 . )
veronique believes , initially , that her new , increasingly powerful instincts are pointing her in the direction of romance with puppeteer alexandre , whom she meets when he performs at her school . certainly , such an arc is enforced when she keeps receiving mysterious packages – an old shoelace , and empty cigar box , and finally a tape filled with seemingly random sounds – which lead her to meet alexandre again . we must remember , however , that wonder is not a straight , sequential path with a set destination – “explanation runs toward the totality , but there absolutely ends” ( hepburn 140 ) . as such , the actual meeting with alexandre functions as a deflation , rather than an affirmation . alexandre sent the packages , manufacturing scenarios of wonder and mystery to play an experimental game with veronique , one he is using as research for a new story . this understandably upsets veronique , and while the two briefly reconcile and confess love to one another , veronique’s ecstasy collapses once again when alexandre creates a new marionette story about veronique and her double .