Trois couleurs: Bleu (Three Colors: Blue) (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Writers:  Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Cast:      Juliette Binoche, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Emmanuelle Riva

Language: French

First of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns how the wife of a composer deals with the death of her husband and child.

I saw the trilogy initially on TV in UTV World Movies some 4-5 years back. Decided to watch it again seeing that the guys at Auteurcast are going through Kieslowski films now. The films are named after the three colors in the French flag: Blue, White and Red representing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity respectively which are also the themes represented in film. 

As it is usually the case with Kieslowski films, there is not a scene wasted and is shot beautifully using colors, lights and reflections well. The story is quite straight forward and some characters that appear in later films in the trilogy are also seen briefly.

Rating: 4.5/5