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Mood:
- GloomyAtmosphericContemplativeEmotional
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Plot:
- Dealing With DeathStarting OverPsychologicalHaunted By the PastHopesMind and SoulMusician's LifeUncover Truth more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- EuropeFranceParis
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpiecePrestigious AwardsVenice Festival Winner
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Style:
- Strong Female Presence
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Score:
- Classical
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Flag:
- Brief Nudity
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Blue, 1993
French, Romanian, Polish
France, Poland, Switzerland
Profile of Blue
Blue can be described as gloomy, emotional, and contemplative. The plot revolves around starting over, dealing with death, and being haunted by the past. The main genres are drama, foreign, and romance. In terms of style, Blue is a melodrama and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Blue is located in Paris. It takes place in the 1990s. The soundtrack is classical. Blue has received attention for being a Venice Festival winner, a masterpiece, and essential viewing. Note that it involves brief nudity.
Summary of Blue
In the first part of acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's extraordinary THREE COLORS trilogy, BLUE represents Liberty (of Equality and Fraternity) in the French flag and national motto. Julie (Juliette Binoche) is a young, musically gifted Frenchwoman who has just lost her daughter and renowned composer-husband Patrice (Claude Duneton) in a tragic car accident. During her long physical and emotional convalescence, a journalist questions Julie about the widespread rumor that she's the actual composer of all Patrice's work. She rebuffs the journalist's inquiry regarding her husband's music, but she does not deny it. Upon leaving the hospital, Julie takes a flat in Paris and struggles to start anew--but not until she destroys Patrice's final unfinished work: a huge symphony for twelve orchestras, to be played at a gala celebrating the upcoming unification of twelve European nations. But another copy surfaces, and gradually, as Julie discovers some surprising secrets about her husband's life, she's drawn back to the music, and the pleasures of existence. Kieslowski uses color as metaphor ingeniously, adding immense emotional depth to the story that is unfolding on screen. As Julie, Binoche is a striking cinematic presence. Her transition from a destroyed widow to a woman who has learned to embrace life gives BLUE the heart and soul that makes it a powerful, moving work.
Details
| Language: | French, Romanian, Polish |
| Country: | France, Poland, Switzerland |
| Release date: | 3 September 1993 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
Cast and Crew
as Julie Vignon
as Olivier
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Users Reviews
- 20.September.2010
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- by: felixxx999
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- 14.October.2009
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- by: Gunter
- Gunter rated this movie
10/10Must See
