'Red' is the third and final film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Three Colors Trilogy', it would also be the directors final film, he would announce his retirement around the time of its release and then pass away while in heart surgery in 1996, he was 54.
In 'Red', Geneva based student and model Irene Jacob (Americans of my generation might know her as Wesley Snipps girlfriend in 'U.S. Marshall's') accidently hits a dog with her car, the dog turns out to belong to a retired judge (Jean-Louise Trintignant), a tormented soul who is slipping into nihilism. The two form an unusual friendship, Irene lifting the old man's spirits and Jean-Louise helping the young woman determin what is really important to her. There is also a subplot concerning Irene's neighbor Jean-Pierre Lorit.
Kieslowski's profound sense of empathy and deft hand with character is on full display. A moving film, sad, beautiful and cautiously hopeful. The tie-in between the stories of the three films is brought about in an unexpected way, turning what could have been a framing device into a coda. Exquisite. ****
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