Not the debut of La Binoche - she had for example been in Godard's Hail Mary in 1985, then The Unbearable Lightness of Being in 1988, Les Amants du Pont-Neuf in 1991 and funnily enough a version of Wuthering Heights in 1992 before this, but for Kieslowski's film she won the César, and Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.
And of course she's wonderful as a woman who has lost her husband and seven year old daughter in a car crash, and withdraws from the world. Or at least, she tries to.
From its arresting opening, photographed by Slawomir Idziak and edited by Jacques Witta, this is a most absorbing, quietly gripping piece of work. I like the way we get these big hits of music, then a fade to black, then the scene fades back in and resumes - not sure I'd seen that before.
Her new address is near Rue Mouffetard in the 5eme.
She cameos in Kieslowski's sequels, Blanc and Rouge, which I'm sure are worth watching. I'd seen A Short Film About Killing ages ago but would also like to catch up with A Short Film About Love (1988).
I was slightly underwhelmed by composer Zbigniew Preisner's supposedly great concerto. In fact I would have ended the film with Binoche saying '"I'll be right over". However the ending as is, with its creative montage to music, is interesting enough.
Agnieszka Holland contributed to the screenplay and Julie Delpy has a cameo (didn't spot her).
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