Trois Couleurs: Bleu

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Trois Couleurs: Bleu ★★★ Three Colors: Blue; Blue 1993 (R)

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. 98m/C VHS, DVD . FR Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Very, Helene Vincent, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Florence Vignon, Isabelle Sadoyan, Yann Tregouet, Jacek Ostaszewski; Cameos: Emmanuelle Riva; D: Krzysztof Kieslowski; W: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Slawomir Idziak, Agnieszka Holland, Edward Zebrowski; C: Slawomir Idziak; M: Zbigniew Preisner. Cesar ‘94: Actress (Binoche), Film Editing, Sound; L.A. Film Critics ‘93: Score; Venice Film Fest. ‘93: Actress (Binoche), Film.

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