Trois Couleurs: Bleu Movie Review 1993

First installment of director Kieslowski's trilogy inspired by the French tricolor flag. "Blue" stands for liberty--here freedom is based on tragedy as Julie (Binoche) reshapes her life after surviving an accident which killed her famous composer husband and their young daughter. Excellent performance by Binoche, which relies on the internalized grief and brief emotion which flits across her face rather than overwhelming displays for expression. In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tragedy, Family Ties

Screenplay

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Slawomir Idziak, Agnieszka Holland, Edward Zebrowski

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Very, Helene Vincent, Phillipe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Florence Vignon, Isabelle Sadoyan, Yahn Tregouet, Jacek Ostaszewski

Cinematography

Slawomir Idziak

Director

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Music

Zbigniew Preisner

Other

Emmanuelle Riva

Producer

Marin Karmitz, MK2, Miramax

Awards

Cesar 1994: Actress (Binoche), Film Editing, Sound; L.A. Film Critics 1993: Score; Venice Film Fest. 1993: Actress (Binoche), Film.