Trois Couleurs: Rouge (entitled Rouge in Argentina and Three Colors: Red in Spain) is a French film co-written, produced and directed by the Polish Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the culmination, released in 1994, of the trilogy based on the French flag. The trilogy of the Three Colors examines the ideals of the French Revolution at the same time that each of the films emphasizes one of the colors with which these ideals were symbolized: blue, white and in this film, red .
Distribution ArgumentThe story takes place in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The film begins with the follow-up of a phone call between Valentine Dussaut, an innocent university student who works part-time as a model, and her highly possessive boyfriend, Michel. After that, he poses in an advertising photo session for a chewing gum brand and during the session the photographer asks him to look very sad. On the other hand, while walking back home, Auguste Bruner, Valentine's neighbor and law student, drops a series of books, realizes that a special chapter of the Penal Code was opened at random, and concentrates in that passage. That same night, while driving in the rain, Valentine accidentally runs over a dog, and seeing that it has a plaque (which reveals that it is a female named Rita), he gets into his car and goes to his owner's house , Judge Joseph Kern, already retired but single. He reacts with indifference and coldness, and when Valentine asks him what he should do with Rita, he replies that he can do what he likes, and that he does not want her. Valentine decides to take her to the vet, where they discover that she is pregnant, and once they cure her, she takes her home.
The next day, while Valentine goes on a walk with Rita, she runs away and, after chasing her around the city, finally finds her in front of Judge Kern's house. There Valentine discovers that Kern spies on the private telephone conversations of his neighbors. Valentine threatens to denounce Kern to his neighbors and initially decides to do so, but then regrets. Kern tells Valentine that it will not make any difference if she denounces him for his espionage, because the lives of the people who listen will become hell anyway. Valentine goes in a rage saying that she feels nothing but pity for him.
While at the judge's house, Valentine overhears a telephone conversation between his neighbor, Auguste Bruner, and his girlfriend, Karin, who are quoted in bowling. Valentine covers her ears but from what little she hears, she concludes that they love each other. Kern agrees. That night Valentine is alone at home and waits for Michel to call her, but instead the photographer calls her, saying that her poster is ready and inviting her to play bowls to celebrate. Later, Auguste tells Karin that she passed her final exam, and reveals that the answer to the decisive question was on the page that was left open when she dropped her books. Karin gives her a fountain pen as a gift and asks what is the first sentence she will sign with her. That night, Kern writes a series of letters to his neighbors surrendering, and the community files a lawsuit against him. In the courts of law, Kern sees Karin with another man. Just before, Auguste had missed a call from Karin and tried to contact her, but he had no more news about her.
Valentine reads in the newspaper the news of a retired judge who was spying on her neighbors, and goes to Kern to tell her that she did not denounce him. He confesses that he gave himself up, just to see how she would react. He lets her in and shows her that Rita has had seven puppies. He tells her that in their last conversation, she talked about pity, but that later he concluded that it was really disgust. He wonders why people obey the laws and concludes that
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