TROIS COULEURS
BLANC
(Three Colors: White)

1994 **** 92 mins.

A lot of people say that this is the worst installment in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy. I beg to differ. Bleu is so over-the-top that it's hard to take seriously. This film really appeals to me because it is so realistically done. All in all, I appreciate films that are more realistic. Any artistry that is done in a film should be spawned out of the realism. This film does that. It's not so over-the-top that it's not believable. This film is very well-done, and it has some clever plot twists to it. Also, it seems as though the director has a firm grip on each of his character's personality, which he did not have in Bleu.

In this film, a man's (Zbigniew Zamachowski) wife (Julie Delpy) divorces him because their marriage was not consummated. Right there is a perfect example of how absurd reality can be sometimes. She loves him with all of her heart, but she divorces him over something as unimportant as sex. That is how human beings are, though. After the divorce, the man tries to make it in the cruel world of what is left of his life. This film has some very valuable lessons to be learned, and it very adequately shows the absuridity of real life.
Rated R for sexuality and thematic elements.