This Moody ’90s Masterpiece Unravels the Surreal Connection Between Two Identical Strangers

Who among us has ever had the feeling that we're not alone in the universe, that somewhere there's another version of ourselves living an entirely different existence from our own? Who knows: they might even be living the version of our lives we wish we were leading. Few films have captured this sensation as profoundly as Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Double Life of Véronique, which interrogates this in both literal and metaphorical terms. In following the parallel lives of two women who might actually be alternate versions of the same woman, Kieślowski examines the role chance plays in our daily lives, and how little control we have over our own fates.