Three Colours: Red

WAFS invites you this Sunday to see the screening of "Red", concluding Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colours" trilogy. This cinematic tour de force stars Irène Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Synopsis:

"Red" relates the story of Valentine (Jacob), a naive student, whose tale centers about her meeting with a retired judge, Joseph Kern (Trintingnant), unknowingly to her an eavesdropper on the phone conversations of his neighbours. As his emotional seclusion and cynicism is thawed by Valentine's kindness, he reveals his secrets to her.

The vicious cyclicity of Kern's pain is mirrored in the story of one of his other neighbours, the young Auguste, a student about to embark on his law exams. As his academic dedication starts to alienate his girlfriend, Auguste, fate recreates Kern path in his own and erects a the very same wall about himself.

In turn, the lives of Valentine and Auguste zig-zag about each other, coming ever so close, yet never touching until...


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Yojimbo

WAFS invites you this Sunday to see the screening of "Yojimbo", a film by the legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. This classic film, whose title means "Bodyguard", has been the main inspiration to the famous Western "A fistful of Dollars" and has influenced a host of other films including, funnily enough, "The Bodyguard".

Synopsis:

"Yojimbo" tells the story of Sanjuro Kuwabatake, a Ronin - masterless samurai - who comes across a town corrupted and decimated by the civil strife of two criminal families. Using his sharp katana, and sharper mind, he tries to restore peace to the village, but this task proves to be far from easy, as he is outnumbered and outgunned.

This skillfully blended mix of dramatic action and dark comedy has an atmosphere seldom seen in either of these genres. The characterisation of the Ronin shows a deep departure from modern action heroes, marking a sharp denial of mindless violence and an affirmation of compassion.


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Three Colours: White

WAFS invites you this Sunday to see the screening of "White", part of the "Three Colours" trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski, and starring Zbigniew Zamachowski and Julie Delpy.

Synopsis:

The second film in the "Three Colours" pertains equality - dealing with relationships, immigration and "an eye for an eye"... The main protagonist, Karol (Zamachowski), is an immigrant married to Dominique (Delpy), who meets him in court to demand a divorce because of Karol's inability to consummate the marriage. The divorce leaves Karol on the street, a vagrant without home or love, alone to fend for himself. As misfortune follows misfortune, one thing brews in Karol's mind, to get even. Don't miss this White, a black comedy of the highest calibre!

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