Three Colours: White
Three Colours: White (, ) is a 1994 comedy-drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. White is the second in the Three Colours trilogy, themed on the French Revolutionary ideals, following Blue and preceding Red. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
The film opens with a brief shot of a suitcase being transported on a conveyor belt, then shifts to a Paris divorce court where Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish barber, is pleading with the judge the same legal proceedings that Julie (Juliette Binoche) briefly stumbled upon in Blue. The immigrant Karol, through an interpreter, is made to understand that his wife Dominique (Julie Delpy) does not love him as he was unable to consummate the marriage. The divorce is granted, and Dominique proceeds to give Karol a suitcase with his possessions. Karol then loses access to his bank account, his passport, and ownership of a salon he and Dominique owned jointly. Karol breaks into the salon to sleep but is discovered by Dominique. The two first initiate sex, but Dominique stops and tells Karol that she no longer loves him. She then intentionally sets the salon drapes on fire, forcing Karol to flee and become a beggar.
Cast
- Aleksander Bardini
- Aleksander Kalinowski
- Andrzej Precigs
- Barbara Dziekan
- Bartłomiej Topa
- Cezary Harasimowicz
- Cezary Pazura
- Florence Pernel
- Francis Coffinet
- Grażyna Szapołowska
- Grzegorz Warchoł
- Jan Mayzel
- Janusz Gajos
- Jerzy Dominik
- Jerzy Nowak
- Jerzy Stuhr
- Jerzy Trela
- Joanna Ładyńska
- Julie Delpy
- Juliette Binoche
- Krystyna Bigelmajer
- Małgorzata Kaczmarska
- Małgorzata Prażmowska
- Maria Robaszkiewicz
- Marzena Trybała
- Philippe Morier-Genoud
- Piotr Machalica
- Piotr Zelt
- Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
- Wojciech Paszkowski
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Zdzisław Rychter
More details
| author | Agnieszka Holland Edward Kłosiński Edward Zebrowski Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Piesiewicz Marcin Latałło |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris Poland |
| director | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| editor | Urszula Lesiak |
| events | equality |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | bank account begin blank blue catholic church church consummate consummation conveyor belt discover divorce estate flip help hotel room married morning mourn murder one night paris metro resell for large profits shadow wake up warsaw warsaw metro |
| musicBy | Zbigniew Preisner |
| producer | Marin Karmitz |
| publisher | MK2 Distribution Rialto Film |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | independent race and ethnicity |