Storyline
Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his neighbours' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. The film is the story of relationships between some human beings, Valentine and the judge, but also other people who may not be aware of the relationship they have with Valentine or/and the old judge. Redemption, forgiveness and compassion...User Reviews
I feel at a loss, so
brilliant is this film. Kieslowski is a writer, a philosopher; and
while an excellent filmmaker, his greatness lies in his writing; and
"Red" is his paradigm. This film is a metafictional study of the
artist's judgement in the creation of his fictional world; of how an
artist can attempt to remake life -- even his own -- thru his art, even
as he cannot escape the knowledge that, no matter how he involves
himself in his story, it is still fiction and he is still outside of his
remade world, still burdened with its unreality and the reality of the
life he has tried to artistically remake. And magically, all of this is
not to the smallest degree at the expense of a wonderful story about
the mysteries of love and fate and the characters who live out this
story, this pre-judged destiny. If I had to choose, I might nominate
this the greatest film ever made.
