Shown: January 2, 2014 at 6pm
Director : Krysztof Kieslowski
Country : Poland
Release Date : 1993
Duration : 98 mins
Language : French and Polish
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : GOLDEN LION AT 1993 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Kieslowski’s film – the first of three inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution – is an arresting study of notions of individual freedom in the modern world. Failing to find the courage to commit suicide after the death of her husband and daughter in a car crash, Julie (Binoche) decides to build a new, anonymous and wholly independent life. Leaving her country mansion for a Paris apartment, she finds that freedom is not as easy to achieve as she had hoped.
“There is no facile moralising, simply a lucid examination of a woman’s state of mind. Binoche responds with her best work to date: quiet, strong, stubborn and deeply aware that the heart holds mysteries neither we nor those close to us will ever understand.” (Geoff Andrew – Time Out)