Film

Three Colors: White 1994

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

  • Comedy, Drama, Mystery
  • 92 min
  • R

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

ComedyDramaMysteryfrancehairdressersexual frustrationbusinessmanfunerallovepolandpsychologicalfrencharthouse

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