Three Colours: White
Three Colours: White (, ) is a 1994 arthouse psychological 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, like its precedent and succedent, received widespread critical acclaim and was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, although it was ultimately not nominated.
Plot
At a Paris divorce court, Polish barber Karol Karol, is pleading with the judge. Karol, through an interpreter, is made to understand that his wife Dominique 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 next morning. The two first initiate sex, but he again suffers impotence. Dominique says that she no longer loves him. She then sets the salon drapes on fire, framing him for arson, 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 blank blue catholic church church consummate consummation discover divorce estate hair salon help hotel room married morning mourn murder one night paris metro shadow wake up warsaw warsaw metro |
| musicBy | Zbigniew Preisner |
| nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Marin Karmitz |
| publisher | MK2 Diffusion Rialto Film |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | independent race and ethnicity |