Three Colors

The Three Colors trilogy is a truly masterful collection of movies by the great director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Its such a shame that he decided to retire after completing the trilogy and died two years later. This is certainly a modern masterpiece of art. Written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Kieslowski each of the three movies deals with real characters. Characters that come out alive from the movie and leave a profound impression on your heart and mind. Each movie is brillliantly acted with stunning visuals and briliant cinematography which deserves a separate mention itself.

The three colors blue,white and red are taken from the colors of the French national flag which stand for liberty, equality and fraternity respectively. The first movie Bleu (Blue ) deals with theme of liberty but this liberty is not political but emotional . Julie (Julliette Binoche) is a woman who has lost her husband and only child in a car accident. She devotes herself to inflicting mental pain and agony on herself and disassociates herself from her past memories and friends. the rest of the movie deals with how she manages to find liberty from the emotional cage that she had locked herself in. Bleu is the symphony of grief. Julliette Binoche gives the performance of her lifetime.

The second movie Bialy(white) deals with the theme of equality. Divorced by her wife Dominique on the grounds that he was not able to consummate their marriage Karol ,a polish immigrant, goes back to Poland. There he works hard and is able to earn himself a fotune. But all these years he is not able to forget Dominique. So he uses his money to win her back by framing her for his own murder. Like other moivies in this trilogy, Kieslowski uses the color of the title to depict the mood of the movie. White for hope in this case.

The third and the final movie and my personal favorite Rouge(Red) deals with the theme of fraternity. A student and a model , Valentine .in love with an obsessive lover, meets a retired judge who spies on his neighbors by tracking their phone calls. A platonic friendship develops between the two and the judge reveals his past to her. Meanwhile her neighbor, Auguste's life follows the exact parallel as that of the judge. Finally at the end of the movie Valentine and Auguste meet for the first time along with the characters of the previous two films as survivors of a sea accident.

Seldom in your life do you get a chance to see movies which touch you so deeply. A must watch for all connoisseurs of good cinema.
PS: not meant for those get bored by the slow pace of a movie.