Three Colours: White
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7.4Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
Released: 1994-01-2692 minDir: Krzysztof KieślowskiComedy, Drama, Mystery
Cast
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as Karol Karol
- Julie Delpy as Dominique
- Janusz Gajos as Mikołaj
- Jerzy Stuhr as Jurek
- Grzegorz Warchoł as Elegant
- Jerzy Nowak as Old Peasant
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Written by
- Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Produced by
- Marin Karmitz
- Starring
- Zbigniew Zamachowski Julie Delpy Janusz Gajos Jerzy Stuhr
- Cinematography
- Edward Kłosiński
- Edited by
- Urszula Lesiak
- Music by
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Production companies
- mk2 Productions SA France 3 Cinéma CAB Productions SA TOR Production Canal+
- Distributed by
- mk2 Diffusion (France) Rialto Film (Switzerland)
- Release dates
- 26 January 1994 ( 1994-01-26 ) (France) 4 February 1994 ( 1994-02-04 ) (Switzerland) 25 February 1994 ( 1994-02-25 ) ( Warsaw )
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Countries
- France, Poland, Switzerland
Key dates
- Published
- 10 June 1994
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- art film
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Original language
- Russian
- Series
- Three Colors trilogy
- Followed by
- Three Colours: Red
- Follows
- Three Colours: Blue
- Main subject
- equality
- Director
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast member
- Grażyna Szapołowska
Article
Three Colours: White (French: Trois couleurs: Blanc, Polish: Trzy kolory: Biały) is a 1994 arthouse psychological comedy-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. White is the second in the Three Colours trilogy, themed on the French Revolutionary ideals, following Blue and preceding Red. The film, like its precedent and succedent, received widespread critical acclaim and was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards.
White is about equality, with the film depicting Karol Karol, a shy man who, after being left by his wife in humiliating circumstances in Paris, loses his money, his residency, and his friends. As a deeply ashamed beggar in Paris, Karol begins his effort to restore equality to his life through revenge.