Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu) (1993)
96%RT Audience Score: 93%
Awards & Nominations: 21 wins & 18 nominations
Three Colors: Blue contains some of director/co-writer Krzysztof Kieslowski’s most visually arresting, emotionally resonant work — and boasts an outstanding performance from Juliette Binoche in the bargain.
If you’re looking for a movie that’ll make you feel all the feels, Three Colors: Blue is where it’s at. This flick is a feast for the eyes, thanks to the genius of Krzysztof Kieslowski. And let’s not forget about Juliette Binoche, who absolutely kills it in her role. Seriously, she’s so good you’ll forget she’s acting. So if you’re in the mood for some stunning cinematography and a performance that’ll leave you speechless, Three Colors: Blue is the way to go.
Production Company(ies)
M K2 Productions, C E D Productions, France 3 Cinéma
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Place Monge, Paris 5, Paris, France
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some sexuality
Year of Release
1993
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):French, Romanian, Polish
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Country of origin:France, Poland, Switzerland
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 3, 1993 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2003
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $1,353,359
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,811,272
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,329
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 306,573
US/Canada gross: $1,324,974
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $2,752,309
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,959
US/Canada opening weekend: $6,413
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $13,321
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,636
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
– Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon-de Courcy
– Benoît Régent as Olivier
– Florence Pernel as Sandrine
– Hélène Vincent as La journaliste
– Philippe Volter as L’agent immobilier
– Hugues Quester as Patrice
– Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
– Producer: Marin Karmitz
Director(s)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Marin Karmitz
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
21 wins & 18 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (1)
Most viewers of Three Colours Blue will be too busy trying to follow the plot, slight as it is, to feel they are grappling in any way with the heritage of the French Revolution.
November 14, 2017
Adam Mars-Jones
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Boasts a riveting central performance by a carefully controlled, lovingly lit Juliette Binoche.
December 17, 2008
Lisa Nesselson
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Even in such a visually sumptuous work, Kieslowski is brave enough to tell us — through blackouts, blurred focus and commanding stillness — not to look, but simply to listen.
June 12, 2002
Jonathan Kiefer
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s penetrating, hypnotic meditation on liberty and loss.
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
The rehabilitation of a human spirit after painful tragedy is given stunning, aesthetic dimension.
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Blue is a movie that engages the mind, challenges the senses, implores a resolution, and tells, with aesthetic grace and formal elegance, a good story and a political allegory.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
A devastating look at freeing oneself from grief.
July 27, 2020
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
Blue is a definite great start to the trilogy!
April 26, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Rachel Wagner
rachelsreviews.net
Kieslowski crafts a tone poem about the beauty of grief, and how Julie’s submission to the crystal-clear sorrow of her emotions leads her on a deeply moving process of rebirth
November 1, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
The film is lifted by the force and inventiveness of its images, while Binoche holds the centre with her sad, enigmatic presence.
November 28, 2017
Quentin Curtis
Independent on Sunday
The saturated hues are calming, protective, but also isolating; the rest of the world fades away when she’s enveloped in the blue of the water.
January 13, 2017
Sean Axmaker
GreenCine
The story of how to become a new, better, more whole self… There is nothing less tragic than that.
September 5, 2013 | Rating: 10/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy…
Plot
After a tragic car accident claims the lives of her husband and daughter, Julie withdraws from her relationships and locks herself in her apartment, but eventually meets up with an old friend who could draw her back to reality in Three Colors: Blue.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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