Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)

Regisseur:

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Drehbuchautoren:

Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer)
Krzysztof Piesiewicz (writer)

Premierendatum:

Dezember 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Final entry in a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society concerns a model who discovers her neighbour is keen on invading people's privacy.

Plot Keywords:

Part Of Trilogy | Geneva Switzerland | Trilogy | Color In Title | Equality

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A Sublime Shade of Red

Besetzung

Irène Jacob	...	Valentine Dussaut (as Irene Jacob)
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Le juge
Frédérique Feder	...	Karin (as Frederique Feder)
Jean-Pierre Lorit	...	Auguste Bruner
Samuel Le Bihan	...	Le photographe (Photographer) (as Samuel Lebihan)
Marion Stalens	...	Le Vétérinaire (Veterinary surgeon)
Teco Celio	...	Le barman (Barman)
Bernard Escalon	...	Le disquaire (Record dealer)
Jean Schlegel	...	Le voisin (Neighbour)
Elzbieta Jasinska	...	La femme (Woman)
Paul Vermeulen	...	L'ami de Karin (Karen's friend)
Jean-Marie Daunas	...	Le gardien du théâtre (Theatre manager)
Roland Carey	...	Le trafiquant (Drug dealer)
Brigitte Raul
Leo Ramseyer

Alternativ:

Three Colours: Red (Canada: English title) (UK)
Red (USA) (short title)
Three Colors: Red (USA)
Trzy kolory: Czerwony (Poland)
Drei Farben - Rot (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

99 Min

Produktionsland:

Poland | France | Switzerland

Sprache:

Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Eastmancolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Canada:14 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Norway:10 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland

Firma:

CAB Productions

Dies und das:

Juliette Binoche and Benoît Régent, the stars of Kieslowski's Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993), and Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski, the stars of Kieslowski's Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994), make cameo appearances at the end of this film.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: At the end of the film, one of the main characters carries a dog on the ferry to England. At the time the film was made there was strict anti-rabies quarantine in force and the ferry operator would not have allowed a dog on board if it were not inside an appropriate container AND due to be collected by an approved quarantine kennel.

Dialogzitate:

Valentine: You're not afraid?
The Judge: I wonder what I'd do in their place. The same thing.
Valentine: You'd throw stones?
The Judge: In their place? Of course. And that goes for everyone I judged. Given their lives, I would steal, I'd kill, I'd lie. Of course I would. All that because I wasn't in their shoes, but mine.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Double vie de Véronique, La (1991)

A Sublime Shade of Red

The last film in the Three Colors trilogy, RED, is deceptively simple, yet it rounds out everything that came before in an enlightening way. It slightly resembles THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE in its theme of fraternity, and in its casting of Irene Jacob, who manages to exude a sense of curious innocence and integrity. She interprets the role of Valentine, a young Swiss model and student living in Geneva and experiencing a kind of emotional limbo as she awaits her boyfriend's return from England. Through a seemingly trivial twist of fate, she encounters a cynical retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who leads a lonely, world weary existence and eavesdrops on his neighbors' telephone conversations. Initially she finds his detached indifference appalling, and wants to report him, but her compassionate nature enables her to comprehend the greater plight of the man, one of leading a fruitless, lovelorn life. They form a touching friendship, and this sets the stage for another turn of events. Auguste (Jean-Pierre Lorit) is young judge who is in many ways a mirror image of Trintignant's character. He lives near Valentine, but through possible lack of synchronicity, they never meet. Upheavals in his life are accordingly similar to the old judge's, but this time, due to the presence of the noble Valentine, an old adversity can be turned on its side, bringing fulfillment for everyone.

With Red, there is a real sense of culmination unlike any other. Wistful, melancholy, yet life-affirming, the film offers hope in world full of supposed mistaken paths. Tritignant remarked on Kieslowski's talents in augmenting the emotions of the actors through his technique: "I'm very pleased with my work on this film - and I don't think it had a lot to do with me. For example, at the end of the film when my character goes to the window, looks outside, and starts to cry - I couldn't do it, I couldn't summon the tears. I tried to make myself cry but couldn't manage it. Krzysztof called the make-up lady who shot menthol into my eyes. We shot the scene and Krzysztof said 'It's good, next shot.' Recently I saw the finished film. I waited anxiously for this scene. And I cried when I saw myself."

Tritignant's nuanced portrayal is augmented by equally good work from Jacob who bears insight into her role as well: "Something really great about RED are the 'non-encounters' between Auguste and Valentine. They pass each other without ever meeting. They might be great for each other but they never meet. It reminds me of THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE where the two identical Veroniques are face to face but don't see each other. In RED this idea is reflected by the way Valentine can't face up to her life, her love, her sorrows. How can Auguste see her, or she him? How can they both release themselves from this blindness?"

The uplifting aura of this film shines even brighter given the pettiness with which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brushed it off. Due to the fact that is a multinational co-production, with a Polish director, mixed Swiss and French cast and crew, Red was not allowed to compete for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as a film from Switzerland. Indeed, the trilogy itself is without a country as it transcends borders and even culture in its solemn inquiry into human nature and that is a prize in itself.