World Movies celebrates French National Day with Kieslowski’s masterpiece – the “Three Colours” trilogy

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New Delhi, July 10, 2008

UTV Network’s World Movies, India’s only international movie channel, showcases maestro Krzysztof Kieslowski’s award-winning “Three Colours” trilogy (Blue, White & Red) on the occasion of French National Day on 14th July from 7pm onwards.

The “Three Colours” trilogy, which is inspired by France's national motto - Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity - and also represents the three colours on the French Flag, is Kieslowski’s best-known work. Three Colours: Blue (1993) was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and bagged another 13 awards & 7 nominations. Three Colours: White (1994) earned Kieslowski the Best Director prize in Berlin, 1994. Three Colours: Red (1994) was a proud nominee of 3 Oscars with another 11 awards & 14 nominations. Krzysztof Kieslowski has been nominated for two Oscars, and has another 48 wins and 16 nominations.

Three Colors: Blue is the first part of trilogy and its theme of liberty is manifested in famous composer Julie’s attempt to start life anew free of personal commitments, belongings, grief and love. Three Colours: White has been written around the destructive dynamics of a relationship based upon great inequality. Three Colours: Red, which is about the fascinating relationship between a fashion model and a retired judge, is not only the last part of the trilogy but also the final movie by filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski.

Dilshad Master, COO, UTV Entertainment Television Limited, says, “We connect people, culture and places through our hand-picked award-winning and popular movies from around the world. The Three Colours trilogy is a path-breaking creation by a master director and we believe that Bastille Day is a highly appropriate day to showcase this vivid example of the best of French cinema.”

THREE COLOURS: BLUE

Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Volter

Synopsis:

Faced with the loss of her husband and daughter in a car crash, Julie (Juliette Binoche), a famous composer, tries to deal with her loss by leaving everything and everyone in her life behind her and disappears into anonymity. Seeking absolute liberty from her previous life, she finds an apartment in Paris to start anew. She only achieves her personal freedom when she stops resisting who she is and lets her life begin again.

Movie Trivia:

Juliette Binoche – Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (1995); Ranked #93 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997); Chosen by "People" magazine as one of "the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" (1997); The highest paid French actress in history (2002) and Number 88 on Channel 4 (UK)'s 100 Greatest movie Stars

At one point, we see Julie carrying a box which, as a close-up shows, has prominently written across it the word "blanco", Spanish for white; in the next shot we are looking at her from behind, and she pauses in the street as a man in blue passes her on her left and a woman in red passes her on her right. This is a subtle reference to the structure of the Three Colours trilogy - blue, white, red, in that order, mirroring the French flag.

During one swimming scene in the blue pool, children in red and white bathing suits run out and jump in the water -- another subtle reference to the trilogy (blue, white, and red).

For the shot where Julie scrapes her hand along a stone wall, Juliette Binoche was originally supposed to wear a prosthetic to protect her hand, but it looked too obvious on camera. Binoche felt the scene was important enough that she actually dragged her unprotected hand along the wall, drawing real blood.

THREE COLOURS: WHITE

Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos and Jerzy Stuhr

Synopsis:

Karol is a Polish hairdresser working in France. He has a beautiful wife, Dominique, whom he loves to obsession, and who is in the process of divorcing him for his inability to "consummate the marriage". Karol loses all of his earthly possessions and is literally driven out of France by his estranged wife. The remainder of the movie has Karol fighting to resolve his deep passion for Dominique with his own helplessness.

Movie Trivia:

Juliette Binoche and Florence Pernel, stars of Kieslowski's Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993), make cameo appearances in this film.

Almost every shot in the movie contains at least one white object.

THREE COLOURS: RED

Cast: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit and Frederique Feder

Synopsis:

Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his neighbours' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. The film is the story of relationships between some human beings, Valentine and the judge, but also other people who may not be aware of the relationship they have with Valentine or/and the old judge. Redemption, forgiveness and compassion...

Movie Trivia:

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Régent, the stars of Kieslowski's Three Colours: Blue (1993), and Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski, the stars of Kieslowski's Three Colours: White (1994), make cameo appearances at the end of this film.

During the scene in the music store, the main theme from Three Colours: White (1994) can be heard playing in the background.

At the end, during the ship catastrophe, we see real life/TV footage of the sinking of the ferry "Herald of Free Enterprise", which took place in the English Channel in 1987.

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