Directed by:
Krzysztof KieslowskiCinematography:
Sławomir IdziakComposer:
Zbigniew PreisnerCast:
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Emmanuelle Riva (more)VOD (4)
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The first instalment of the late Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy on Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, the three colours of the French flag. Blue is the most sombre of the three, a movie dominated by feelings of grief. As the film begins, a car accident claims the life of a well-known composer. His wife, played by Juliette Binoche, does not so much put the pieces of her life back together as start an entirely new existence. She moves to Paris, where she dissolves into a wordless life virtually without other people. Kieslowski attaches an almost subconscious significance to the colour blue but primarily he focuses on Binoche's luminous face and the way her subtle shifts in emotion flicker and disappear. The picture may be more enigmatic than the follow-ups White and Red but Binoche's quiet, heartbreaking presence becomes spellbinding; her performance won the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1993. (Curzon Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Juliette Binoche
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Benoît Régent
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Florence Pernel
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Napoléon (2002) (series)
Charlotte Véry
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Série noire (1984) (series)
A Winter's Tale (1992)
Hélène Vincent
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
My Life in Pink (1997)
Philippe Volter
Belgium
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Claude Duneton
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Betty Blue (1986)
Hugues Quester
France
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
That Night in Varennes (1982)
Emmanuelle Riva
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
Florence Vignon
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Daniel Martin
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Korczak (1990)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Julie Gayet
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
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Yann Trégouët
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Sister (2012)
Artemisia (1997)
Pierre Forget
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Arno Chevrier
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Pédale douce (1996)
Agnes Browne (1999)
Idit Cebula
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Nathalie... (2003)
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Isabelle Sadoyan
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Things of Life (1970)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)