Trzy Kolory: Baily (1994)

Three Colors: White represents the second color in the French Flag, White, which stands for equality. White follows the destructive dynamics of a relationship based upon great inequality as hilarity ensues. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) is a Polish hairdresser working in France. He has a beautiful wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy), whom he loves to obsession, and who is in the process of divorcing him for his inability to "consummate the marriage". Karol loses all of his earthly possessions and is literally driven out of France by his estranged wife. Back in Poland Karol struggles to resolve his deep passion for Dominique with his own helplessness. And he has a plan...

Trivia: Juliette Binoche and Florence Pernel, stars of Kieslowski's Blue, make cameo appearances in this film.

Sorry, I meant to post the three colors one right after another, but I just had to vent about Spider-Man, and now Red is missing in the mail somewhere between Netflix and me, so there might be a movie or two in between these two too. Okay, white, to me, has nothing to do with equality, the color, not the movie. White usually means purity and innocence or intensity. There is nothing pure or innocent about these characters. But I think that is the point, Blue was a about self liberty, but showed that as nearly impossible, so White can be about the opposite also. The funny thing is that White is a black comedy. Okay, back to the equality part. Karol is not equal to Dominique. They live in Paris, but he doesn't speak French. This also hinders him while in court (where you can see Juliette Binoche in the background from a scene in Blue). Karol worships Dominique and many times is shown looking at her from afar, through binoculars, and most of the time from below looking up to her. He realizes that to get her back he has to become her financial equal and here is where the fun starts. And the ending caught me a little off guard. Pretty good movie.