Three Colors: Red poster

Three Colors: Red

Trois couleurs : Rouge
1994FranceLanguage: frDirected by Krzysztof Kieślowski7.9
Available in English: subtitled

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.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholicwarmhauntingquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnmethodicaldreamlike
Story
investigationreunionunraveling
Emotion
longingguiltredemptionbelongingall-consuming love
Themes
family wounds passed downcorrupt institutionsmen and women navigating expectationsclass and money
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebraldiscussion starterrewatchablecathartic
Violence
suggestive

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