
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
- 7.4
- 1994
- Released
- 1h 32m

Zbigniew Zamachowski
Karol Karol
Julie Delpy
Dominique
Janusz Gajos
Mikołaj
Jerzy Stuhr
Jurek
Grzegorz Warchoł
Elegant
Jerzy Nowak
Old Peasant
Aleksander Bardini
Notary
Jerzy Trela
Monsieur Bronek
Cezary Pazura
Exchange Office Owner
Michel Lisowski
Interpreter
Piotr Machalica
Man under the Exchange Office
Barbara Dziekan
Mrs. Ewa
Marzena Trybała
Mariott Employee
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Judge
Francis Coffinet
Bank Clerk
Yannick Evely
Metro Clerk
Jacques Disses
Dominique's Lawyer
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Madame Jadwiga
Krystyna Bigelmajer

Jerzy Dominik
Airport Employee
Jakub Grzegorek
Man at Funeral
Małgorzata Kaczmarska
Airport Employee
Aleksander Kalinowski

Stan Latek
Consulate Representative
Joanna Ladynska

Marianna Grodzka-Marziano
Registry Office Clerk
Jan Mayzel

J. Modet

Liliana Okowity-Brosset
Karol's Employee
Adam Papliński

Wojciech Paszkowski
Policeman in a Hotel Room
Małgorzata Prażmowska

Maria Robaszkiewicz
Woman at Funeral
Zdzisław Rychter
Baggage Thief
Bozena Szymanska

Bartłomiej Topa
Jacek
Wanda Wróblewska
Store Employee
M. Verner

Piotr Zelt
Employee of Karol's Company
Juliette Binoche
Julie
Florence Pernel
Sandrine
Andrzej Precigs
Building Engineer (uncredited)
Grażyna Szapołowska
Woman at the Funeral (uncredited)
Released
fr
$1,273,525.00
- #france
- #hairdresser
- #sexual frustration
- #businessman
- #funeral
- #love
- #poland
- #psychological
- #french
- #arthouse
Reviews

This is my favourite of the Kieslowski trilogy - even if it might make you wonder about the efficiency of airport security in future! It all centres around "Karol Karol" (Zbigniew Zamachowski) who is facing divorce from his glamorous wife (Julie Delpy) - on the grounds of non-consummation - and that is going to reduce him to poverty. Luckily, on the Metro platform, he encounters "Mikolaj" (Janusz

**I liked it, but the script seems a little too far-fetched.** Of the three films in Krzysztof Kieslowski's “color trilogy”, this is perhaps the closest to comedy. The plot begins with a couple's divorce: he is Polish and went to France because of her, who is French. Both got married, set up a common life, but the truth is that the couple's sex life is nil, he is not capable of consummating the











