Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Zbigniew ZamachowskiKarol Karol
- Julie DelpyDominique
- Janusz GajosMikołaj
- Jerzy StuhrJurek
- Grzegorz WarchołElegant
- Jerzy NowakOld Peasant
- Aleksander BardiniNotary
- Cezary HarasimowiczInspector
- Jerzy TrelaMonsieur Bronek
- Cezary PazuraExchange Office Owner
- 100
Washington Post
Kryzstof Kieslowski's White...is a continuing testament to the Polish director's poetic mastery. Like all of Kieslowski's works, White articulates a whole language of sensations, images, ironies and mystery -- often with a minimum of dialogue. But it is no rarefied, abstract exercise. The movie...aches with human dimension. - 90
The New York Times
Throughout, White is filled with exquisite scenes that don't press too hard...and those moments are all the richer for their understatement. - 90
The Guardian
The film specialises as much in a kind of ironic gallows humour as in laughter pure and simple, but bitterness is also avoided - which is a small miracle in itself considering the subject matter and the setting. - 90
Variety
The entertaining second seg of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy is involving, bittersweet and droll. A fine lead perf from Zbigniew Zamachowski anchors an ingenious rags-to-riches tale of revenge filtered through abiding love. - 89
Austin Chronicle
At heart, White is a black comedy with intriguing characters and a plot that plays its cards close to the deck. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
All of these films approach their subjects with such irony that we cannot take them at face value; "White" is the anti-comedy, in between the anti-tragedy and the anti-romance. - 80
Empire
Kieslowski plays all this for laughs, and the anti-capitalist satire which fuels Karol's rake's progress remains the most satisfying part of the film. - 75
ReelViews
Despite its flaws, White is an excellent character study, and the presentation of a twisted love story is compelling.