Blue [videorecording] = Bleu / CAB Productions (Lausanne) ; TOR Studio (Warsaw) ; Eurimages ; France 3 cinéma ; MK2 productions ; produced by Marin Karmitz ; director, Krzysztof Kieslowski ; screenplay, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski ; story by Agnieszka Holland, Slavomir Idziak, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Edward Zebrowski.
Originally released as a motion picture in Poland (Warsaw) (premiere) 10 January 1993; France 8 September 1993 Juliette Binoche (Julie); Benoît Régent (Olivier); Florence Pernel (Sandrine); Charlotte Véry (Lucille); Hélène Vincent (journalist); Philippe Volter (estate agent); Claude Duneton (doctor); Hugues Quester (Patrice). Includes the featurette Reflections on Bleu, a discussion on Kieslowski's early years, conversation with Juliette Binoche on Kieslowski, audio commentary with Annette Insdorf, Krzysztof Kieslowski's cinema lesson, Marin Karmitz interview with selected scenes and commentary, Juliette Binoche selected scenes and commentary, Jacques Witta interview and commentary, the Kieslowski student film, Concert of wishes, and Kieslowski filmography.
Summary:
"Three colors: Blue is the first part of Kieslowski's trilogy on France's national motto: Liberty, equality, and fraternity. Blue is the story of Julie who loses her husband, an acclaimed European composer, and her young daughter in a car accident. The film's theme of liberty is manifested in Julie's attempt to start life anew free of personal commitments, belongings, grief and love. She intends to spiritually commit suicide by withdrawing from the world and live completely independently, anonymously and in solitude in the Parisian metropolis. Despite her intentions, people from her former and present life intrude with their own needs. However, the reality created by the people who need and care about her, a surprising discovery and the music around which the film revolves heal Julie and irresistably draws her back to the land of the living"--Internet movie database, September 18, 2003.
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