Three Colors: White (1993)

My third movie in my Blindspot series I’ve watched (yes, I know I’m a bit behind) is the second movie from the Three colors trilogy by director Krzysztof Kieslowski. After being really impressed by the first movie, I couldn’t wait to find out if the movie would be as good or even better.

Even though the movies are part of a trilogy, it isn’t really necessary to watch them in order (at least that’s the case for the first two I saw, have to see if that’s the case for the third one). There are small moments which link the movies (if you blink you might miss them), but each movie is a separate film.

White opens with a court case between the French Dominique (a very young Julie Delpy) and the Polish Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski). Dominique wants to divorce because after getting married they have never slept together. After leaving the court building Dominique gives Karol a briefcase with his belongings and without any money or a roof above his head Karol tries to survive in the streets of Paris. There he meets Mikolaj (Janusz Gajos) who tells him that he is going back to Poland. Karol decides to join him, planning a new life for himself.

According to Kieslowski the color white symbolizes equality. The color is regularly used, although it doesn’t stand out as much as it did in Blue. The equality is shown through the story with the events the characters go through. At the end of the movie you can say they understand each other. Actor Zbigniew Zamachowski gives a great performance as the emotion jumps off the screen. Karol is character your root for despite his setbacks. The journey he goes through is interesting and again Kieslowski shows what he’s capable of. After seeing the third movie I’m already looking forward to seeing his Decalogue.