Auguste passes his exam to become a judge and credits his success to the dropped textbook. Before leaving, Valentine also hears a conversation between Auguste and his girlfriend, Karin (Frederique Feder), neither of whom she has met. As the conversation goes on, Valentine reveals that her brother was fathered by someone other than her biological father. Upon her return, Kern tells her that their actions of telling or not telling, and spying or not spying make no difference to the eventual outcome of other people's lives. She goes to do so but is horrified, not only to encounter the man's unsuspecting wife, but furthermore to witness their young daughter on the telephone extension, listening to the same conversation. But the judge challenges Valentine to reveal the eavesdropping to the neighbour. She tries to convey to him her concerns about respecting the privacy of his neighbour. Valentine then discovers that Kern is eavesdropping on a male neighbour's sexual telephone conversation with his male lover. She gives Kern extra change after meeting the vet's expenses. He says she should keep the dog after confirming that he sent the money for the expenses. Out for a walk the next day, Rita leads Valentine back to Kern's house. Later, money is delivered to her apartment from an unnamed sender. She overcomes the sexual advances made by the ad company's photographer. Valentine takes Rita to a veterinarian, where she learns that the dog is pregnant. She tracks down the owner, a retired judge, Joseph Kern ( Jean-Louis Trintignant), but he seems unconcerned so Valentine keeps the dog. Driving back to her apartment, Valentine accidentally hits and injures a Malinois dog named Rita. While walking back home, Auguste ( Jean-Pierre Lorit), a law student neighbour of Valentine's, drops his textbooks and one book falls open at a particular chapter of the Criminal Code, which he notes. For her modelling job, she poses for a chewing-gum ad campaign and a photo of her displaying sad emotions is selected.
She frequently calls her possessive boyfriend, who is abroad, and plans to meet him in London. Valentine Dussaut ( Irene Jacob) is a student at the University of Geneva and works as a part-time model.
Īs of 2022, it is one of only two films to receive perfect ratings on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, along with Fanny and Alexander. It was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not being a majority-Swiss production.
Red was released to universal critical acclaim, and was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director for Kieślowski. Red is about fraternity, which it examines by showing characters whose lives gradually become closely interconnected, with bonds forming between two characters who appear to have little in common. Kieślowski had announced that this would be his final film, which proved true with the director's sudden death in 1996. It is the final installment of the Three Colours trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals it is preceded by Blue and White. Czerwony) is a 1994 romantic mystery film co-written, produced and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. Three Colours: Red ( French: Trois couleurs: Rouge, Polish: Trzy kolory.