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Kieślowski’s second film of his 'Three Colours Trilogy' takes a darkly comic turn, in a tale of marital revenge, post-Soviet gangster capitalism and hairdressing.

French screen legend Julie Delpy is the cold, beautiful Dominique, who petitions for divorce from her Polish immigrant husband Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) on the grounds of non-consummation. She leaves him penniless in Paris where he is rescued by a fellow countryman to return to his homeland smuggled inside his own suitcase. Returning to his old hairdressing salon to work alongside his brother, he begins plotting revenge against his former spouse and soon turns to less legitimate – but far more lucrative - means of money-making.

In the French flag, white is the colour of égalité (equality), and Karol’s scheming aims to afford him the economic means to ultimately get even with (or, equal to) Dominique. If revenge is a dish best served cold, then White serves it heartily, from the snow and ice of Poland’s grim winter landscape to the dreamy, overexposed memoryscape of Delpy in her wedding gown.

M | Low level course language, low level sex scenes