White (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 28 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Part two in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's THREE COLORS astounding trilogy, WHITE represents Equality (of Liberty and Fraternity) in the French flag and the French national motto. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a sweet but awkward Polish hairdresser, has just lost everything in... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy
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The second installment in the color trilogy is a black, whimsical comedy about the distortions of equality--and love. Lead actor Zamachowski bears resemblance to the little tramp; reportedly director Kieslowski asked him to watch Chaplin pictures.
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12/21/06
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02/09/06
How could the creator of Blue, the story of a woman who grieves by moping around Paris in a chichi haircut, possibly have followed it with such a rich, light-handed marvel?
08/30/04
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If Kieslowski wasn't Polish himself, I'd think he was making Polish jokes.
03/02/03
White is a beautifully accomplished lyrical work that is both silly and serious.
09/09/02
Kieslowski presents a character who seeks superiority rather than equality and in a capitalist society he achieves it.
06/18/02
The tonal shifts in White display, for the first time, the emotional depth the trilogy enables, and functions secondly to paint expectations for Red.
06/18/02
Kieslowski, who so keenly satirized the crippling excesses of communism in his earlier work, unflinchingly has a go at training-wheels capitalism, but not without affection for the thawing tundra of his beleaguered mother country.
06/12/02
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