A grieved woman retakes her life after surviving a car crash which killed her family

Rating: 7/10 (28 November 2012)

First outing of a thought-provoking and brooding trilogy by Polish director Krystof Kieslowski inspired by the French tricolor flag , here ¨Blue¨ stands for ¨Liberty¨. Its is based on a tragedy by a car accident and the subsequent consequences on an affecting woman . Julia , Juliette Binoche, reshapes her existence after dieing her husband and their little young daughter . After surviving Julia , she has a feeling of grief and sells her properties and buys a flat in the city . She lives lonely but discovers a dark secret about her deceased husband , a former famous composer .
First of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns how the wife of a composer deals with the death of her husband and child . This is a tragic film , a symphony of pain and filmed in enjoyable style , good sense and high sensitivity . Subtle details make for careful viewing but it is a rewarding watch and a visual treat . Being necessary to keep an eye on cinematographic use of the color blue . Magnificent acting by Juliette Binoche who makes a real tour-of-force , she relies on the internalized affection rather than overwhelming displays for expression . Good support cast as Benoit Regent and Florence Pernal ; both of them also make appearances on the followings . The picture has various subtle references about trilogy such as : At one point, we see Julie carrying a box which, as a close-up shows, has prominently written across it the word "blanco", Spanish for white; in the next shot we are looking at her from behind, and she pauses in the street as a man in blue passes her on her left and a woman in red passes her on her right , this is a reference to the structure of the Three Colours trilogy - blue, white, red, in that order, mirroring the French flag . During one swimming scene in the blue pool, children in red and white bathing suits run out and jump in the water . Colorful and evocative cinematography by Slawomir Idziak , it is essential to be understood the story . As well as the musical score , Zbigniew Preisner composes a rousing and impressive soundtrack . The 1994 Annual Cesar Awards , presented by the French Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, it is France's main national film awards, considered by many in France, and internationally, to be the French equivalent of the American Academy Awards gave two deserved Cesar to the best actress Juliette Binoche and the best film , for this above average film titled ¨Blue¨ . Rating : Good , worthwhile watching .
The picture was followed by ¨Trois Couleurs : Blanc¨ , a bittersweet comedic story spiced with lasting love and vengeance , in which a bewildered Polish hairdresser is divorced by his disdainful French spouse and returning to his family in Poland when he decides to fake his death ; being starred by July Delpy and Zamachowski , including cameos by Juliette Binoche and Florence Pernal . And ¨Trois Couleurs : Rouge¨ starred by Irene Jacob , Jean Louis Trintignat , Frederique Feder and cameos by protagonists in the earlier film , Juliette Binoche and Benoit Regent ; ¨Red¨ is for fraternity in the Fench tricolor flag , dealing with emotional connections are mad between unlikely couples and director Kieslowski uses the ending to tie up loose ends .