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No 69 - Trois Couleurs : Rouge (Three Colours: Red) Director - Krzysztof Kieslowski Rouge is the last film of Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy (Blue, White and Red - covering the themes liberté , égalité and fraternité ) and even though the films aren't directly related (besides tone and style) I felt it was right to watch them in order, as I had never seen the Three Colours Trilogy before. The trilogy also managed to inject a bit of much needed culture after I shamefully watched the Big Brother launch and Team America. As the film begins, I noticed an immediate stylistic different to Blue and White. The way that the camera whizzes down wires is far more stylised than the more naturalistic preceding two films - it almost feels Jeunot - esque . However, after that shot we're in far more familiar territory as we follow Valentine (the delightful Irene Jacob ) living out her life. She has a boyfriend who doesn't care about her and she is introduced to a Judge who is ...

No 414 - La double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) Director - Krzysztof Kieslowski Another film which I knew nothing about, I didn't even realise, until near the end, that the second language in this film is Polish. But that is all the better because to know too much about this film ruins the beauty. The film begins by cutting between two identical children, one in Poland and one in France - we then cut back to Poland and are introduced to Weronika , the first protagonist of the film, played by the beautiful and delightful Irene Jacob . What I love is that in one simple scene, we are given all the information about her we could possibly need. As her choir practise is called short because of the weather we see her finish her Soprano solo with a look of joy on her face, drenched in the torrential rain. Weronika is full of life, and full of love. She is also very cheeky, but in a nice way... we see her run from the rain, bump into her lover and lead him straight t...