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Three Colors: White

Original title: Trois couleurs: Blanc
  • 19941994
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
73K
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POPULARITY
3,509
4,019
Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
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  • Drama
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After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
73K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,509
4,019
  • Director
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writers
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski(scenario)
    • Krzysztof Piesiewicz(scenario)
    • Agnieszka Holland(scenario collaborator)
  • Stars
    • Zbigniew Zamachowski
    • Julie Delpy
    • Janusz Gajos
Top credits
  • Director
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writers
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski(scenario)
    • Krzysztof Piesiewicz(scenario)
    • Agnieszka Holland(scenario collaborator)
  • Stars
    • Zbigniew Zamachowski
    • Julie Delpy
    • Janusz Gajos
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 116User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 7 nominations

    Videos1

    Three Colors: White: The Criterion Collection - Blu-Ray
    Trailer 1:33
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    Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, and Irène Jacob in Three Colors: Blue (1993)
    Julie Delpy in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: Blue (1993)
    Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Julie Delpy in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, and Irène Jacob in Three Colors: Blue (1993)

    Top cast

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    Zbigniew Zamachowski
    Zbigniew Zamachowski
    • Karol Karolas Karol Karol
    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Dominiqueas Dominique
    Janusz Gajos
    Janusz Gajos
    • Mikolajas Mikolaj
    Jerzy Stuhr
    Jerzy Stuhr
    • Jurekas Jurek
    Aleksander Bardini
    Aleksander Bardini
    • Le notaireas Le notaire
    Grzegorz Warchol
    Grzegorz Warchol
    • L'elégantas L'elégant
    Cezary Harasimowicz
    Cezary Harasimowicz
    • L'inspecteuras L'inspecteur
    Jerzy Nowak
    Jerzy Nowak
    • La vieux paysonas La vieux payson
    Jerzy Trela
    Jerzy Trela
    • Monsieur Bronekas Monsieur Bronek
    Cezary Pazura
    Cezary Pazura
    • Le propriétaire du bureau de changeas Le propriétaire du bureau de change
    Michel Lisowski
    • L'interprèteas L'interprète
    Philippe Morier-Genoud
    • Le juge (The Judge)as Le juge (The Judge)
    • (as Philippe Morier Genoud)
    Piotr Machalica
    Piotr Machalica
    • L'homme de haute tailleas L'homme de haute taille
    Francis Coffinet
    Francis Coffinet
    • L'employé de banqueas L'employé de banque
    Barbara Dziekan
    Barbara Dziekan
    • La caissièreas La caissière
    Yannick Evely
    • L'employée du metroas L'employée du metro
    Marzena Trybala
    Marzena Trybala
    • L'employée du Mariottas L'employée du Mariott
    Jacques Disses
    • L'avocat de Dominiqueas L'avocat de Dominique
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Writers
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski(scenario)
      • Krzysztof Piesiewicz(scenario)
      • Agnieszka Holland(scenario collaborator)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Krzysztof Kieslowski was a very precise filmmaker. During the scene in which Dominique has an orgasm, he told Julie Delpy exactly how long she had to moan and when she had to start to moan louder.
    • Goofs
      When our couple manage to make love, Dominique's moanings are not simultaneous with her lips.
    • Quotes

      Karol Karol: [to the man who wanted help committing suicide] That was a blank. The next one's real. Are you sure?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Getting Even with Dad/Fear of a Black Hat/Wolf/White (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      To ostatnia niedziela
      Composed by Jerzy Petersburski and Z. Friedwald

    User reviews116

    Review
    Top review
    Three Colors: Desire
    Among user comments for this film, one claims the film is really about marriage, another assigns "stubborn spitefulness" to Delpy (she just wants her man to be able to get it on), or how it's about French society. Others seem to have taken Kieslowski at face value when he said that each film in the trilogy is inspired by the French republican motto and try to explain how this is the "egalite" film. Kieslowski may have coaxed funds from the French by giving them something they could buy into in a cultural way (he's pretty much said so) but we have no reason to rest there.

    What makes this interesting is that the story such as you see it never really happened. Kieslowski makes a point to show us a man being flown to Poland in a suitcase, a hairdresser who is turned into a business mogul just like that, or why Delpy is locked up in prison with no evidence.

    Blue was about memory, something that happened in the past and now resurfaces to color reality. This one is about imagined anticipation: desire. We have a marriage breaking apart, the courtroom bit is your anchor and probably the only safely real one. She used to love him until he couldn't get hard any more, but even this might be his own failure to save his marriage (a blow to male ego) taking shape as male impotence to consummate.

    The rest of the film is wish-fulfillment fantasy where he pities himself as broke and homeless, endures all kinds of hardship until he picks himself up and becomes rich and powerful (that's virility for his male ego). He then watches her cry over his grave and stages his comeuppance after a night of giving her the best sex of her life of course.

    This has all been the narrator's vindictive fantasy of a slighted ego. But love melts away this fantasy. He never leaves for Hong Kong as planned. He chooses to visit her in prison instead. Watching her through theater glasses from below, she motions to him about getting married again. It's all about a narrator living through the illusory reality that desire creates.

    Compared to the other two in the trilogy, it comes out on the slight side, looking a bit like an episode from the Dekalog.
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    • The Meaning of the Sign Language in the Last Scene / La Signification de la language de signe en la scéne de la fin

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 10, 1994 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Poland
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ba Sắc Màu: Trắng
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • MK2 Productions
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • CAB Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,237,219
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,284
      • Jun 12, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,251,427
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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