Tag Archives: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Trois Couleurs: Blanc (Three Colours: White)

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Helen Van Kruyssen

Dominique (Julie Delpy) steps out of the church into white light; she’s an unobtainable bride, too pure and too radiant to be made love to by her hapless Polish hairdresser husband. Or at least this is what Karlos’s (Zbigniew Zamachowski) … Continue reading →

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Trois Couleurs: Bleu (Three Colours: Blue)

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

Sadness and love are a pure, strong song in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s first ‘movement’ of the Three Colours Trilogy. The music, scored by Zbigniew Preisner, and based around the Song for the unification of Europe (inspired by the Greek text of … Continue reading →

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