Released 1991
Stars Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik,
Aleksander Bardini, Wladyslaw Kowalski
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Resist the temptation to figure out every last detail of this mysterious,
poetic film. That way lies frustration. The parts do not quite fit, and
anyway this is not a puzzle to be assembled. It is a romance about those
moments we all sometimes have when we think we see ourselves at a distance.
Is there, we wonder, more than one me? It's about two young women who never
quite meet. One lives in France, the other in Poland. They were born on
the same day. They have identical heart problems. They are both wonderful
singers. One dies, the other doesn't. The movie could have been truly confusing
if it cut back and forth between the two women, both played by the same
actress, but it doesn't. It follows one then the other.
Summary by Roger Ebert