Three Colors: White

Name: Three Colors: White
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: June 10, 1994
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 91
Cast: Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski

1994

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Miramax | Release Date: June 10, 1994 | R

Starring: Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski

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)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) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. White, which goes on to chronicle Karol Karol’s elaborate revenge plot, manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie about twisted love. [Criterion]… Expand

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Desson Thomson

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. Read full review

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Caryn James

Throughout, White is filled with exquisite scenes that don't press too hard...and those moments are all the richer for their understatement. Read full review

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Patrick Gamble

Three Colours: White brings Kieślowski back to his Polish roots and explores issues of equality through nationality and the fragile dynamic of marriage. Read full review

Lisa Nesselson

The entertaining second seg of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy is involving, bittersweet and droll. A fine lead perf from Zbigniew Zamachowski anchors an ingenious rags-to-riches tale of revenge filtered through abiding love. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

At heart, White is a black comedy with intriguing characters and a plot that plays its cards close to the deck. Read full review

Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

There’s something earthy and elemental in this tale that was missing in Blue, something quirky and (measured by Kieslowskian standards) energetic. Read full review

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Andremax

Dec 2, 2018

2nd act is the most funny and even more mindblowing. Simply a refresh in trilogy.

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amheretojudge

Nov 6, 2018

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 cinematicwith 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.… Expand

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alejandro970

Apr 4, 2021

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 ofThe 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.… Expand

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beeanadou

Nov 1, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blanc is the best among the trilogy, with no pretentious plot nor trying to preach any moral stories. Perhaps due to cultural difference, I didn't quite get the last scene's hand sign conversation, thought that was: "When death separates us up, you will go up to the heaven by stairs while I will drop to the hell, will you promise to wear our wedding ring by then?" Turned out to be an over-interpreting, according to wiki that was Dominique asked Karol to remarry her, yet still the last hand sign was so toughing and heart-wrenching.… Expand

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