Three Colours: White

Three Colours: White
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKrzysztof Kieślowski
Written by
Produced byMarin Karmitz
Starring
CinematographyEdward Kłosiński
Edited byUrszula Lesiak
Music byZbigniew Preisner
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • mk2 Diffusion (France)
  • Rialto Film (Switzerland)
Release dates
  • 26 January 1994 (1994-01-26) (France)
  • 4 February 1994 (1994-02-04) (Switzerland)
  • 25 February 1994 (1994-02-25) (Warsaw)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesFrance
Poland
Switzerland
LanguagesPolish[1]
French[2]
Box office$1.4 million

Three Colours: White (French: Trois couleurs: Blanc, Polish: Trzy kolory: Biały) is a 1994 arthouse psychological comedy-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.[3][4] White is the second in the Three Colours trilogy, themed on the French Revolutionary ideals, following Blue and preceding Red. The film, like its precedent and succedent, received widespread critical acclaim and was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, although it was ultimately not nominated.[5]

White is about equality, with the film depicting Karol Karol, a shy man who, after being left by his wife in humiliating circumstances in Paris, loses his money, his residency, and his friends. As a deeply ashamed beggar in Paris, Karol begins his effort to restore equality to his life through revenge.

  1. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (27 January 1994). "Three Colors: White". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ "THREE COLOURS WHITE (TROIS COULEURS BLANC) (1994)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ MacCabe, Colin. "Three Colors: A Hymn to European Cinema". Criterion. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  4. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "White (1994)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  5. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences