“Three Colors: White” “Equality of love” depicted in a transition between tragedy and comedy

“Three Colors: White” Synopsis

The main character, Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a hairdresser from Poland, was living as a married couple in Paris with his beloved French wife Dominique (Julie Delpy), but due to his sexual impotence, he unilaterally decided to marry her. We are told goodbye. He doesn't tweet at all. From the beginning of the story, Karol is unlucky enough to be covered in the droppings of a pigeon, a symbol of peace, and his credit card for life is confiscated, and he is thrown into the city with only a trunk, and is soon forced to live on the streets. Then, by chance, he meets Mikołaj (Janusz Gayos), a man from his hometown, and successfully returns to Warsaw. Karol, who eventually rises to the rank of a businessman, sets out to take revenge on Dominic.

Index

• “Fate” inherited from “Blue Love”
• Tragedy/Comedy transformation: A wild revenge drama
• The question “Is there equality in love?”

“Fate” inherited from “Blue Love”

A husband takes revenge on his wife for abandoning him--if I were to summarize the plot of ``Three Colors: White'' (1994), it would go something like this.

This film, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, is the second film in the Tricolor Trilogy. Each trilogy has themes of "freedom," "equality," and "fraternity," and the first work, " Three Colors: Blue " (1993), focuses on "freedom from the spell of love (rebirth from memory)." ” is depicted. In contrast to this work, which has a somewhat heavy tone, it is written in a lighthearted way in ``Three Colors: White'' (hereinafter referred to as ``White Love''), which won the director's award at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. is the love and hate of a couple. The theme is "Is there equality in love?"

“Three Colors: White” preview

This is a kind of ``revenge drama'', but it is just a ``kind of'' one, and there is no bloody tragedy unfolding. Let's explain the synopsis in detail. The main character, Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a hairdresser from Poland, was living as a married couple in Paris with his beloved French wife Dominique (Julie Delpy), but due to his sexual impotence, he unilaterally decided to marry her. We are told goodbye. He doesn't tweet at all. From the beginning of the story, Karol is unlucky enough to be covered in the droppings of a pigeon, a symbol of peace, and his credit card for life is confiscated, and he is thrown into the city with only a trunk, and is soon forced to live on the streets. Then, by chance, he meets Mikołaj (Janusz Gayos), a man from his hometown, and successfully returns to Warsaw. Karol, who eventually rises to the rank of a businessman, sets out to take revenge on Dominic.

When I wrote about ``Blue Love'' last time, I said, ``Kieślowski is an author who continued to depict ``fate'', and this can also be said throughout the ``Tricolor Trilogy.'' The final song, ``Red Love,'' provides a climax in which the characters from the three works share a ``fate.'' I will discuss this on another occasion, and for now I will only touch on the relationship between ``Blue Love'' and ``White Love.''

At the beginning of the film, ``White Love,'' there is a scene where Karol and Dominique interact in a courthouse. Julie (Juliette Binoche), the heroine of ``Blue Love,'' makes a brief appearance here, and in another scene, the hunched old woman who appeared in the same film appears. Julie looks at this old woman in "Blue Love," and Karol looks at her in "White Love." The figure that lies ahead of her gaze seems to represent the situation and feelings of the person looking at her. Although her actions are the same, the way she sees it will change depending on Julie's and Karol's perspectives. The way the characters' lives intersect in this way is truly fateful.

Tragedy/Comedy transformation: A wild revenge drama