Three Colours: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Trzy kolory: Czerwony (1994)

Synopsis

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it.

But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.



Cast: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Frédérique Feder, Samuel Le Bihan, Marion Stalens, Teco Celio, Bernard Escalon, Jean Schlegel, Roland Carey


It is the final installment of the Three Colours trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and White. Kieslowski had announced that this would be his final film, which proved true with the director's sudden death in 1996.

Red is about fraternity, which it examines by showing characters whose lives gradually become closely interconnected, with bonds forming between two characters who appear to have little in common.

Red was released to universal critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director for Kieslowski. It was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not being a majority-Swiss production.

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Country: France | Poland | Switzerland
Language: French
Color: Color
Runtime: 99 min.