Three Colors: Blue

1993 98 min ★ 7.6 Drama

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

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Cast

Juliette Binoche

Julie

Benoît Régent

Olivier

Florence Pernel

Sandrine

Charlotte Véry

Lucille

Hélène Vincent

Journalist

Philippe Volter

Real Estate Agent

Claude Duneton

Doctor

Hugues Quester

Patrice (Julie's Husband)

Emmanuelle Riva

Mother

Florence Vignon

The Copyist

Details

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Screenplay

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Revenue

$1,527,572

Production

mk2 Films, CED Productions, France 3 Cinéma, CAB Productions, Studio Filmowe Tor

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

January 10, 2023

★ 7/10

**Pain, tragedy, mourning, mental and psychological anguish, a cathartic journey towards freedom, in a film that is not for all audiences.** It took me three tries to get through this movie in its entirety. As someone who is currently going through a very difficult grieving process, it was particularly hard for me to watch the film. It all starts with a serious car accident where the main ch...

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CinemaSerf

May 16, 2023

★ 7/10

Juliette Binoche is on fine form here as "Julie". She is driving her composer husband and their daughter along a country road when - next thing they have an encounter with a tree. Now the audience can expect this - we are shown the leaky brake fluid at the start, but we are not necessarily prepared for what is to come as she has to reconcile her own injuries and the difficulties (and opportunities...