Veronika Decides to Die (film)
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| Directed by | Emily Young |
| Produced by | Sriram Das |
| Written by |
Paulo Coelho (book) Larry Gross |
| Based on | Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho |
| Starring |
Sarah Michelle Gellar Jonathan Tucker Erika Christensen Melissa Leo David Thewlis |
| Narrated by | Sarah Michelle Gellar |
| Music by | Murray Gold |
| Distributed by | First Look InternationalEntertainment One Films |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,369,647 (foreign) |
Veronika Decides to Die is a 2009 psychological drama film directed by Emily Young and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar,Jonathan Tucker,Melissa Leo, David Thewlis and Erika Christensen, adapted from the novel of the same name by Paulo Coelho.
The setting of the movie is New York instead of the original location of the novel in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Although living what looks like a successful life, Veronika (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is depressed and cannot find meaning in her existence. Intending suicide, she takes an overdose, blaming her attempted suicide on the failure of the world to recognize what is "real". She wakes inside an exclusive and expensive mental asylum only to learn that the overdose has left her prone to an aneurysm that will kill her in a matter of weeks.
At first, Veronika wants only to accelerate the process, and even a visit by her adoptive parents fails to rekindle her will to live. Immigrants, her parents love her, but while they are prepared to spend their dwindling resources to get her what help they can--not knowing her death is imminent anyway--they don't truly understand her. They discouraged her from accepting a full musical scholarship at Juilliard because they wanted her to get a degree that could earn her a living. They do not see how she despairs at their constraints.
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