Three Colours: Blue – Pain and Piano

1. Three Colours: Blue is a 1993 French movie directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that talks about the urge to stay connected to other humans even if you try not to.
2.  Patrick, a well-known music composer and his daughter die in a car accident while his wife Julie (Juliette Binoche) survives. She decides to leave everything behind and starts a new life in Paris. She stays away from making any new human relationships but eventually, due to different circumstances, tries to help others and maintain relationships. She even tries to complete the work left by her husband and gives his pregnant mistress an abode.
3.  The movie has nothing out-of-the-box to say, but the way those small instances were shown mixed with colours, emotions and music, added so much depth into every scene with its minimalist dialogues.
4.  There are only two things that you do after coming through a tragedy, you either sink or swim. Here, Julie decides to swim but in her way, which also has some elements of sinking, as she decides to leave every relationship behind instead of carrying them together.
5.  It just takes one moment for a person to become what they never thought of. From being a generous human to killing newborn rats to helping your husband’s mistress is what makes a human the most volatile creature on earth.
6.  World cinema is on a different level when it comes to the art. Directors like Kieslowski can turn any simple story into a beautiful piece of art painted with emotional intelligence. Though these art movies are not for everyone, this exclusivity is essential to some extent.
7.  The acting by the cast was mind-blowing, and each shot, especially the ones involving the eye pupils and mother rats along with newborn rats, was just on another level. This level of precision and that also during the early 90s is nothing less than a marvel.
8.  This was my first Kieslowski film and is just the start. He took me to another world where the pace does not bore you but makes you think about each object and the instances. This movie taught me about the importance of liberty, something not everyone is privileged to.
9.  A critically very much acclaimed movie that did well at the box office.
10.  A one-time watch, and I went to another world with Keislowski.