This film is part of our winter series, running at De Uitkijk throughout December and January. This year, our winter series focuses on loneliness, but don’t worry, you can still enjoy warmth and good company at De Uitkijk…!
Blue is the color of sadness.
In Three Colors: Blue (1993), Julie (Juliette Binoche) is haunted by grief after surviving a car accident that claimed the lives of her husband and daughter. Her response is to distance herself from her relationships, shut herself away in her apartment, and try to suppress her mourning. But completely isolating herself in bustling Paris proves difficult. Julie comes into contact with Olivier (Benoît Régent), an old friend who might help pull her back into reality…
Three Colors: Blue was the first part of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy, a three-film series themed around the ideals of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. The theme of this first installment is liberty, primarily emotional liberty, rather than political or social freedom. More than 30 years after its release, the film still resonates with audiences of all kinds. With the brilliant Juliette Binoche in the lead, this portrait of loss and the search for love and warmth is one of Kieslowski’s most compelling and emotionally affecting films.