Three Colors trilogy
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Biography
"Benoît Régent - Olivier"
"Irène Jacob - Valentine"
"Jean-Louis Trintignant - Joseph"
"Jean-Pierre Lorit - Auguste"
"The colours of the French flag punctuate each of their films, adding yet another layer to the rich palimpsest that Kieślowski creates from his gripping narratives, wrote Colin MacCabe (Three Colors: A Hymn to European Cinema). For they are all at the service of his abiding concerns: that each moment is full of infinite possibility, that our lives are connected and interconnected in ways that we can never fully grasp. The conclusion of the trilogy, when our major characters emerge from a tragic accident, both delivers the pleasure of a happy ending and leaves us all too aware of the five hundred deaths that the narrative has not had time for – an open ending without equal."
"Why so great? Okay, it's three films for the price of one, with a cast of lovelorn judges, lonely emigres and grief-stricken widows searching for consolation in an unforgiving modern day Europe. But while Krzysztof Kieślowski's colour-coded trilogy works through the colours of the French national flag<!-- (if he'd picked South Africa, he'd still be making it), --> … and is rooted in liberte, egalite and fraternite, it's chock full of universal themes and emotions. They won't cheer you up — many of them centre on loss and sorrow — but just try not to be moved by them."