THREE COLOURS WHITE

The middle part of Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colours Trilogy" (White), is a comedy, (of sorts, and a cruel one), which may be why it's the least highly thought of but for anyone who knows and loves Kieslowski's work this, too, is a gem and shouldn't be missed. It's a love story, (again, of sorts), with a Chaplinesque hero, (a superb Zbigniew Zamachowski), divorced and treated very badly by his French wife, (a lovely Julie Delpy), plotting his revenge yet all the time still in love with her. It's got a tortuously convoluted plot that involves fraud and possible murder, leading to a stunningly unexpected and deeply moving climax. If the individual parts are not as profound as those in parts one and two of this trilogy, taken as a whole, the film still delivers a hammer blow and its closing shot will not be easily forgotten.