Three Colors: Red

1994 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance

102
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 94% · 62 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 116065 116.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Krzysztof Kieslowski Photo
Krzysztof Kieslowski

Top cast

Julie Delpy Photo
Julie Delpy as Dominique
Juliette Binoche Photo
Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon
Teco Celio Photo
Teco Celio as Le barman
Irène Jacob Photo
Irène Jacob as Valentine
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812.4 MB
1280*694
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 14
1.52 GB
1920*1040
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 53
4.45 GB
3840*2160
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by javold 9 / 10

Kieslowski a masterful painter in Blue, White and Red: see all three!

It is not only difficult to comment separately on the three parts of Kieslowski's trilogy, it seems obvious that the filmmaker wants us to do just the opposite: view them in order, Blue, White, and Red, and consider them together as one complete work. It is true they are distinct stories with distinct themes: liberty, equality, fraternity, and each them is developed with unique applications of intrigue and artistry. They are each well worth seeing independently, but I believe they are best seen as one work. Collectively, I would rate the trilogy as a 9; separately, I place each in my top ten for the years 1993 and 1994.The color red is most memorable in the third movie as a backdrop in a billboard ad, the profiled model of which is the central of the movie's three main characters. The other two characters do a double-take of a varying degree of recognition when they first come upon the ad, posted larger than life alongside a busy city intersection. This ad is not a major part of the plot of this movie, yet its image becomes striking and is one of the reasons I have called Red a `mind-bending' film. This is the third of Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy, based on the Blue-White-Red of the French flag and the three parts of its motto, `Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.' The films stay primarily focused on these themes, keeping with the basic levels of one, two, or three main characters, yet with each film the complexity of plot escalates as the three principles move from fundamentally personal (Liberty, Blue) to relational (Equality, White) to social (Fraternity, Red). Red is my favorite of these films, and I give it a 9. It stands by itself as a great film, but one should see Blue and White first for the fullest effect.
Reviewed by film_riot 8 / 10

Trois couleurs: Rouge

In my analysis of "Trois couleurs: Blanc" I wrote that its tone is much lighter than the tone of "Trois couleurs: Bleu". I think it's the same with this film. This time it's not because of a tragic comedy-element, but much more because of the main character Valentine. Although her boyfriend is living abroad and is ridiculously jealous, she manages her life with lightness and optimism, it seems to me that she might be Kieslowski's image for a carefree youth. The opposite seems to be the judge, who is very pessimistic, a grumpy old man, who experiences big loneliness. In my view, Valentine and the judge are pretty similar to each other, the judge is just much older and has experienced many more disappointments. They share a different kind of naivety and they both discover that they can learn much from the other one. Finally I would like to stress Irène Jacob's performance, she rounds off the run of amazing female contributions to the "Three Colours"-trilogy.
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