Three Colors: Blue (1993)

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.

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieślowski

Written by: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Music by: Zbigniew Preisner

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Emmanuelle Riva, Florence Vignon

Genre: Drama

Released: 1993-09-08

Runtime: 98 minutes

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Three Colors: Blue (1993): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The male lead, Benoît Régent, died of an aneurysm at the age of 41 in October 1994, just one year after the film was released.
• Principal photography began on 7 September 1992 and completed shooting in October 1992.
• Derek Malcolm of The Guardian wrote, "Blue remains an intense and moving tribute to the woman at its centre who, in coming back from tragedy, almost refuses, but ultimately accepts the only real love that's on offer."
• The film ranked 64th on BBC Culture's 2018 list of "The 100 greatest foreign-language films".
• The film also includes several references to the colours of the tricolor that inspired Kieślowski's trilogy: several scenes are dominated by red light, and in one scene, children dressed in white bathing suits with red floaters jump into the blue swimming pool.

Source: Wikipedia

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