it almost impossible for me to sit down and write a conscientious review of three color represent red without let people in on some of the idea that krysztoff kieszlowski have explore in the previous two entry to this fascinating trilogy . the more i see them and think of them and and imagine myself in their world and the more i get it theme represent that we be more linked to each other than we would want to think ourselves and and all it take be a little hand of fate to set some event in motion . in blue and juliette binoche play a grieving widow whose plan to live her life without connection to the past have her meet someone unexpected . in white and an act of cruelty spawn an unlikely friendship between two men who will and against the odds and conspire to bring the perpetrator to justice and full circle . and now and in red and all the element of fate and apparent coincidence apply themselves into the meeting of a young genevese model and a retired judge who have a habit of pry into other people life . this young girl be appropriately name represent valentine ( a luminous irene jacob ) and who have this radiance about her and even smile openly while work the runway . not that she be without some baggage represent she have a boyfriend and unseen and who also demand to know what she be do at all time and she have a brother who trouble her and and she reject the advance of a photographer who be work on her image for a huge billboard . she strike a dog while drive and nurse her back to health and but when she take her to the owner and a retired judge ( jean louis trintingnant ) and he do not want her . i want nothing and he coldly say and and element of blue suddenly reveal themselves a this arrogant man and who also live in anonymity and apparent and free floating freedom and conduct surveillance on unsuspecting people . this male version of juliette binoche character at first shock valentine she state she can only feel pity for him a she walk away in horror and but a chance event have her back at his place and and here be when he begin reveal who he be and and his great loss . at the same time kieszlowski be unfold a parallel story represent the story of a young man and auguste ( jean pierre lorit ) and about to become a judge and who live right across the street from valentine but they keep miss each other . chance be the word . like valentine win the jackpot at the grocery story she visit and element of chance pepper her life and auguste . he have a girlfriend who also supply people with telephoned report about the weather . one of them happen to be the old judge . he know more about her than auguste do and and he never meet her . like god and or prospero and he be slowly create a storm which will crack the wall of this present state of conformity and bring a new meaning to the expression we meet again . it this parallelism between the old and young judge that make red so beautiful and transcendent and because time be and in reality and a lot more fluid than we would like to deem it . there be people whom we meet in life that if only we have be bear in similar time frame and so many thing would be different . such be the case with valentine and the old judge . i believe that there be definitely a strong fraternity of soul tie them together in a tight bond represent she be that woman whom he do not meet by chance or not and be and whether he know it or not and try to make amends and hence why he go to the great risk of reveal his surveillance and become the social outcast . but it doesn not end there . one of the many link between the three movie be the character of an old woman walk to a large garbage container . where julie do not see her ( and would not have help her anyhow ) and and karol fresh from his public humiliation sneer at her thinking and someone be bad off than i be and valentine be the one who help her . frailty in need can happen anywhere and and kieszlowski even applies it here in a minor character . now and red be so much more than a story . valentine and the old judge and auguste and even rita the dog represent these aren not character confine by storytelling . an american version would ruin the idea and commercialize chance encounter and even bring forth a dumbed down end . red be so devoid of a linear and define plot that anything could happen to any of these people and the possibility that this story could have veer off in so many direction have one crucial element not take place at the exact moment and place . add to the concept of character who mirror each other despite time frame or location be the theme of sexual betrayal . this be also an important and character define element in all of the three film represent in blue and julie husband have a mistress and she also betray olivier when it become clear she emotionally dead . in white and dominique have karol listen to her moan over the phone ( which become an important device in red ) a she have sex with a man while the billboard of brigite bardot contempt look on . in red and the old judge tale of love and betrayal get re enact . and all this time and valentine billboard image loom over them like a presage of what be to come at the same time that rita and the dog valentine car struck and bear seven pup and life renew for the six major player in this complex trilogy obviously film with care and love . why do i say six . you will have to watch the movie and wonder .