The great Juliette Binoche stars in the first entry of writer-director Krzysztof Kieślowski's masterful Three Colours trilogy.
Julie is haunted by her...
The great Juliette Binoche stars in the first entry of writer-director Krzysztof Kieślowski's masterful Three Colours trilogy.
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier, an old friend who harbors a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality.
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93 %38,768 reviewsAudience score rating
"(It) is a challenge to the imagination."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The film is almost totally schematic and this weakens it. What strengthens it is the sheer emotional power of its making."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Blue doesn't seduce the viewer into its very complex, musically formal arrangements. The narrative is too precious and absurd. The interpretation it demands seems dilettantish."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A cacophonously intimate character study..."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"An arresting study of notions of individual freedom in the modern world. There's no facile moralising, simply a lucid examination of a woman's state of mind."
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Time Out
Time Out"Blue is certainly a spectacle for aesthetes, but its greatest asset is Binoche at the centre of it all."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"Most viewers of Three Colours Blue will be too busy trying to follow the plot, slight as it is, to feel they are grappling in any way with the heritage of the French Revolution."
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Independent
Independent"A typically frosty and impenetrable performance from Binoche fails to clarify exactly what's on this film's mind..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"In this outing... Kieślowski's French characters are watered-down icons compared to their Polish counterparts."
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Variety
Variety"It is always startling to re-experience the glass-shattering honesty and intensity of (Binoche's) performance."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesThree Colours: Blue | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 98
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- France, Poland, Switzerland
