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Three Colors: Blue

7.6(1,971)19931h 38m10

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.5M
Language
French
Part of Three Colors Collection · 3 films
  • france
  • paris, france
  • composer
  • pain
  • to compose
  • loss of loved one
  • psychological drama
  • french

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

France, Poland, Switzerland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival3 Sept 1993
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival12 Oct 1993
    • Theatrical (limited)R5 Dec 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1515 Oct 1993
    • Theatrical15London9 Mar 2008
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM31 Mar 1994
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical18Gent9 Sept 1993
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical147 Jan 1994
    • Theatrical (limited)14CineSesc8 Oct 2026
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival15 Jun 2011
    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival19 Sept 2021
    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival16 Apr 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Film clubs only5 Sept 1994
    • Theatrical1 Mar 1995
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical15 Oct 1993
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1215 Jul 1994
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereClub 13 Screening Room, Paris16 Aug 1993
    • TheatricalTP8 Sept 1993
    • PhysicalVHS8 Sept 1994
    • PhysicalDVD23 Nov 2001
    • Digital / OTT27 May 2019
    • TheatricalTPRe-release6 Oct 2021
    • Digital / OTT12Netflix15 Nov 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical124 Nov 1993
  • GreeceGR

    • PhysicalΚ-12DVD5 Nov 2002

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Three Colors: Blue was released on 8 September 1993.

Audience reviews

2
  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    1/10/2023

    7/10

    **Pain, tragedy, mourning, mental and psychological anguish, a cathartic journey towards freedom, in a film that is not for all audiences.** It took me three tries to get through this movie in its entirety. As someone who is currently going through a very difficult grieving process, it was particularly hard for me to watch the film. It all starts with a serious car accident where the main character, July, loses…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/16/2023

    7/10

    Juliette Binoche is on fine form here as "Julie". She is driving her composer husband and their daughter along a country road when - next thing they have an encounter with a tree. Now the audience can expect this - we are shown the leaky brake fluid at the start, but we are not necessarily prepared for what is to come as she has to reconcile her own injuries and the difficulties (and opportunities) of her new life. T…

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