Three Colors: White

1994 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 54 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 79151 79.2K

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Plot summary

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.


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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by classicsoncall 7 / 10

"When someone askes for help, you have to help him, right?"

Finding the work of director Krzysztof Kieslowski has been a rewarding experience. "Three Colors:Blue" and 'Red' are both fascinating films, and I will say the same of 'White', however there are a number of story inconsistencies in this movie that give me pause. Aside from the near impossibility of making an airplane flight inside a suitcase, the time frame in which Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) was able to acquire five thousand dollars to purchase the property from the old landowner was not clearly defined. It seemed like it occurred almost immediately upon overhearing the scheme, though at the time he had very little in the way of resources to speak of. Later, as one of the steps in the strategy to avoid detection following his 'death', Karol was supposed to fly to Hong Kong immediately after his 'corpse' was found. But he remained behind to view Dominique's (Julie Delpy) reaction at his funeral. But the biggest question mark might be concerning what charge the authorities had for arresting Dominique. Was it for fraud? As an accomplice in Karol's scheme? For the murder of Karol? I didn't think that was very well addressed, because even if she did begin cashing in on the will left by Karol, isn't that what any normal person would have done under the circumstances?

I thought the relationship between Karol and Mikolaj (Janusz Gajos), especially the scene at the train station, was cleverly handled. Karol granted Mikolaj a lifeline that he gladly accepted once he came face to face with the finality of death. It led to a business relationship and a revenge scheme against Dominique that was classic in it's execution. Though as I say, I didn't think Dominique's arrest came off as entirely credible. And when all was said, done, and sorted out, how was Karol Karol going to explain his sudden resurrection after more than a handful of mourners witnessed his 'burial'? The clincher however was when Karol viewed Dominique in her prison cell, and she signaled that she wanted to get married to him again. There's not too many ways I can rationalize this dysfunctional couple planning to get married all over again. It just didn't seem credible to me.

But as the saying goes - Love is blind. The corollary to that would be, of course, that marriage is an eye-opener.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10

waiting for Delpy

Dominique (Julie Delpy) is in Paris court getting a divorce from her Polish Karol Karol despite his pleads. He loses everything and becomes penniless. Fellow Pole Mikołaj befriends him and offers him a job to kill somebody who already wants to die but isn't willing to do it. Mikolaj helps him to stowaway to Warsaw inside a suitcase. He reunites with his brother and gets a job as an unlikely bodyguard. Through various schemes and connections, he aims to take ultimate revenge.

I would prefer to follow Julie Delpy in this movie. She is the more compelling actor. The moment she sets the curtains on fire is when I couldn't wait to see what else she's going to do. That chick is crazy. During the whole movie, I kept waiting for it to return to Dominique. The schemes that Mikolaj gets into are way too convoluted and disjointed. It's almost more important to make certain symbolic points than to make a compelling narrative. That's certainly Kieslowski's prerogative. I imagine if Dominique is the central character who gets to ride in the suitcase, do those schemes and come back to trick the weak-minded Karol. That would be an amazing character in a fun movie.

Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 9 / 10

"Three Colours Trilogy": Part 2

While 'Three Colours: White' may be the weakest of Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colours Trilogy", that is in no way saying that it is a bad film (to me it was actually still an extremely good one) and that it's testament to the trilogy's consistently high overall quality.

'Three Colours: White' could have been a little longer to give more development to the two leads' relationship and to Julie Delpy's character perhaps, and there are a couple of parts that do strain credibility. On the whole though, it is an entertaining, sad and thought-provoking examination of equality and revenge with a story detailing love on the rocks and the aftermath of Poland's Communist Regime.

Again it is very symbolic, especially in the linking to the protagonist's past (this time with a coin and a Marianna plaster bust) and again the recycling of bottles that ties in with the film's main theme of equality. This symbolism is this said intriguing and visually arresting, instead of being incoherent, one may not get the significance of it at first but reading up about the film and analyses of it has proved to be tremendously insightful.

Visually, 'Three Colours: White' is every bit as visually stunning as the previous film 'Three Colours: Blue'. The scenery is intentionally not flattering but at the same time it is also affectionate, and the film is exquisitely shot with the use of colour bold and striking. The music is not quite as symbolic as in 'Blue', but is still very much inspired and cleverly used, with a dark jauntiness to match the blackly comedic nature of the film and also a little pathos to mirror the emotions of the protagonist.

Writing is of the true black comedy/dry humour kind, enough to make one laugh heartily and cry unashamedly, with plenty of funny and poignant moments as well as blunt and thought-provoking ones. Kieslowski's direction is never intrusive.

Zbigniew Zamachowski excels par excellence in his tragicomic role, a very funny and nuanced turn. Julie Delpy's role is not as interesting, but she does bring a formidable edge and sensuality to it.

On the whole, the weakest of the trilogy but still extremely good. 9/10 Bethany Cox

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