Three Colours White

This black comedy is a part of the trilogy based on the three French ideals of ‘liberty, equality and fraternity’. White stands for equality though, quite frankly, I did not understand what it had to do with the film. Maybe this is an ode to lack of equality. The hero is the underdog and life treats him unfairly; his wife dumps him, he (a Polish immigrant) barely speaking French is left on the cold streets of Paris, homeless and without a passport. A fellow Pole when transports him to Poland clandestinely, huddled in a suitcase. There our hero gets rich by dealing in the black market and plots to take a revenge on his ex-wife. He almost succeeds but old love is rekindled and he ends up regretting.

I had quite humongous expectations from the film since it has got excellent reviews. But I was quite disappointed, maybe because I am not used to watching black comedies. I also did not like the ending since the ex-wife portrayed throughout as cold and cruel is shown full of regret and love all of a sudden.