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Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about White |
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Karol, a native of Poland, is married to a beautiful French model and is a hairdresser in Paris. His wife Dominique decides to divorce him for "failure to consummate the marriage," and in the process Karol loses his business and all his worldly possessions. Eventually he's a homeless guy on the Paris metro and must make his way back to Poland to put his life back together and plan his revenge on his ex. He's also still obsessed with getting her back. This is the second of Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy based on the colors of the French flag (white for equality, which Karol seeks to achieve with Dominique; but white is also associated in this film with joy in marriage, and orgasm, among other things). It's more manic and less believable than "Blue" or "Red" (at one point, a man hides in a suitcase and goes successfully through airport security!), and Delpy doesn't get to do much beyond look gorgeous and behave incomprehensibly.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of White |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Eastern Europe
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- sewers/subways
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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