To deny this grows more untenable as the film progresses. Her kind heart cannot ignore the people that cross her path or the notes that invade her memory. As the theme of liberty is developed it runs parallel with the theme of interdependency. On a large economic and political plane the infant countries of Europe will unify. And on the personal plane, Julie will allow her life to intersect with the lives of others.
Isolation is set in contrast to unification.
Each film illustrates the uncanny way that lives intersect. By depicting the daily struggles of a his characters, Kieslowski develops significant universal themes. Though the films can be viewed independently, there is enjoyment in seeing in each a blending of the themes of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The characters in the films are realistically empty and self-serving. Only one individual in the vast number of characters in all three films lives consistently with the value of supporting and sacrificially loving another person.