Veronika Deciding to Die is a 2009 psychological drama directed by Emily Young and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Melissa Leo, David Thewlis and Erika Christensen. The film was written by Larry Gross and Roberta Hanley and adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Paulo Coelho.
The movie setting is New York, not the original location of the novel in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Plot
Despite undergoing what seemed like a successful life, Veronika (Sarah Michelle Gellar) was depressed and could not find meaning in its existence. Intending to commit suicide, he takes overdose, blaming his attempts at suicide on the world's failure to recognize what is "real". She wakes up in an exclusive and expensive psychiatric hospital only to find out that an overdose has made her vulnerable to an aneurism that will kill her in a matter of weeks.
At first, Veronika just wanted to speed up the process, and even visits by her adoptive parents failed to revive her desire for life. Her parents love her, but while they are ready to spend their diminished resources to get help what they can do (not knowing her death is near), they do not really understand it. They do not encourage him to receive a full music scholarship at Juilliard because they want him to earn a degree that can make money for him. They do not see how he is desperate because of their limitations.
Regardless of himself and regardless of his disappointment with his materialistic life, Veronika finds new goals through playing asylum piano and through observation and then connecting with the schizophrenic Edward (Jonathan Tucker). Not only did he recover his own will to live, Veronika helped Edward out of his catatonic status, and the couple soon 'escaped' (Dr. Blake, looking out the window, watching them escape, but not sending anyone to bring them back) from asylum together, determined to enjoy Veronika's last days as a couple.
Veronika did not know that her aneurysm was her unusual psychiatrist's invention. Blake (David Thewlis), who tests his theory that convinces him that he's only weeks to live will restore his health and heal his desire to commit suicide. He explained his treatment by letter to his estranged wife, a colleague from a mental hospital. Most people who attempt suicide repeat their efforts to succeed. As long as he does not know the truth, he theorizes, he will consider every day as if it were his last day and thus appreciate it. This, he notes, is actually true, because no one knows when their end will come.
When Veronika comes out one morning on the bench at sunrise, Edward is sure he has lost her, but his sorrow turns into joy when he wakes up. Celebrating what they believed might be one more day, the couple embraced and walked happily on the beach in the morning light, laughing and holding hands.
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Cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Veronika Deklava
- Jonathan Tucker as Edward
- Erika Christensen as Claire
- Melissa Leo as Mari
- David Thewlis as Dr. Blake
- Adrian Martinez as # 1 Male Nurse
Production
Filming started on May 12, 2008 in New York City and wrapped on June 21st. The novel was adapted for the film by Muse Productions, Das Films, and Velvet Steamroller Entertainment. It was reported that Kate Bosworth was previously attached to the project.
Music
The key scene of the film uses The Recital in the Night by Murray Gold (from the Piano Set collection ). However, newer versions (possibly US releases) have different features.
Release
The film had a special broadcast in Brazil on August 7, 2009 and was followed by the August 21 release. On its opening weekend, it grossed US $ 90,455 with 61 screens. The film was released in Poland on October 2, 2009, in Sweden on October 30, 2009, and in South Korea on November 19, 2009. The album was released in Argentina on July 1, 2010, in Austria on November 18, 2010, in Germany on September 30, 2010, in Lithuania on April 23, 2010, and in Mexico on September 10, 2010. In Australia, it was released in the free area of ​​DVD PAL.
It was never officially released in the UK.
The film was released in theaters and VOD of choice on January 20, 2015 in the United States and DVD on March 17, 2015.
To promote the release, a scene is shown on the "The Hollywood Reporter" site in January 2015. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/sarah-michelle-gellar-rants-veronika-766177)
In 2015, the movie is available for viewing on the Netflix streaming service.
References
External links
- Veronika Decides to Die on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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