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- 1994
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 32 m
- 1994
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 32 m
Summary The most playful and also the grittiest of Kieslowski’s Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated)...
- 1994
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 32 m
- 1994
- R
- Miramax
- 1 h 32 m
Three Colors: White
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8.0
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Summary The most playful and also the grittiest of Kieslowski’s Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated)...
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Three Colours: White brings Kieślowski back to his Polish roots and explores issues of equality through nationality and the fragile dynamic of marriage.
Kryzstof Kieslowski's White...is a continuing testament to the Polish director's poetic mastery. Like all of Kieslowski's works, White articulates a whole language of sensations, images, ironies and mystery -- often with a minimum of dialogue. But it is no rarefied, abstract exercise. The movie...aches with human dimension.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 65 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
5% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 65 User Ratings
8.0
86% Positive
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
5% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
The color white and what it represents in the flag of France, equality, in the drama of a Pole who returns to his country, penniless, after a frustrated marriage, and how he manages to get even. The type of plot points more to a comedy in a tragic and bittersweet tone that requires a lot of attention to find the flavor.
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Throughout, White is filled with exquisite scenes that don't press too hard...and those moments are all the richer for their understatement.
The film specialises as much in a kind of ironic gallows humour as in laughter pure and simple, but bitterness is also avoided - which is a small miracle in itself considering the subject matter and the setting.
All of these films approach their subjects with such irony that we cannot take them at face value; "White" is the anti-comedy, in between the anti-tragedy and the anti-romance.
Kieslowski plays all this for laughs, and the anti-capitalist satire which fuels Karol's rake's progress remains the most satisfying part of the film.
Despite its flaws, White is an excellent character study, and the presentation of a twisted love story is compelling.
with good intentions..
Trois Couleurs: White
Kieslowski's bittersweet love track is probably the most apt description of the ups and downs that a marriage goes through retold in a metaphorical satire. And the exaggeration that is captured in here is equally practical as much as cinematic it is. With essential husky bits and unexpected thrills, this is the most balanced and bold tale walking on a thin wire that is purely provocative with a scoreboard mentality. From a penny to a palace, this tale has multiple tales resided within where the actual overall arc is projected in the backdrop of all this distraction, where Kieslowski discloses his intentions in its last frame and shows you how he has been fiddling with you subconsciously.
And the best part is, you'd want him to play with your feelings in here. Driving such plethora of emotions on one seat, one perspective, similar to its predecessor, this is an ace in the hole. The narration is gripping and busier than the previous one. It has so much to tell within 90 minutes, that it has to play the rules smartly and calculatively, for the makers wouldn't want the audience to grow hectic. Hence, wisely the cinematography is sensible accordingly and the camera work is stable for the most time. Zamachowski, the protagonist, is being played at, and does play by.
His evolution is tremendously breathtaking. The work and the detail went by, in its first act itself tells you that you are in a ride of your life. And fortunately, he has got a range to be funny and adorable, to be scare and sinister, and with those big eyes he is clearly expressive in his role. Delpy on the other hand doesn't get much to do, yet she holds on to her part convincingly. Trois Couleurs: White is as pale as it can be and is least diplomatic as it can be, it is a bullet fired from the gun, with good intentions.
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Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
