Three Colors

Three Colors is the collective title of three films directed by Krzysztof Kie?lowski, two made in French and one primarily in Polish: Trois couleurs: Bleu (') (1993), Trzy kolory: Bia?y (') (in French: Blanc) (1994), and Trois couleurs: Rouge (') (1994). All three were co-written by Kie?lowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz (with story consultants Agnieszka Holland and Slawomir Idziak) and have musical scores by Zbigniew Preisner.

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Films - Krzysztof Kie?lowski - French - Polish - 1993 - 1994 - Krzysztof Piesiewicz - Agnieszka Holland - Slawomir Idziak - Zbigniew Preisner

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Blue, white, and red are the colors of the French flag in left-to-right order, and the story of each film is loosely based on one of the three political ideals in the motto of the French Republic: liberty, equality, fraternity. As with the treatment of the Ten Commandments in The Decalogue, the illustration of these principles is often ambiguous and ironic.

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French flag - French Republic - Liberty, equality, fraternity - Ten Commandments - The Decalogue

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The films were Kie?lowski's first major successes outside Poland, and are his most acclaimed works after The Decalogue. Critic Roger Ebert, among others, has referred to the entire trilogy as a masterpiece. It is generally regarded as a major achievement in modern cinema.

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The Decalogue - Roger Ebert - Trilogy

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