Representing the three colors of the French flag, each of the films in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy explores one of the political ideals of the French motto: liberty, equality, fraternity. While iconic, Kieslowski has said this Frenchness was largely a result of the nationality of money used to fund the films (can you guess?). In any case, Red follows the story of a part-time model, Valentine (Irene Jacob), who forms an unlikely and strange bond with a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) in her neighborhood after a series of events leads them to each other. An achingly beautiful film, Red was Kieslowski’s last feature before his death in 1996. by Jas Keimig