Where They Went

Three Colours: White (1994)

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

Divorced and humiliated in Paris, a Polish hairdresser has himself smuggled home to Warsaw in a suitcase, gets rich in the new capitalist Poland and plots to lure his French ex-wife there.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Divorce court
    Paris, France
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Dominique divorces Karol, who loses everything in a French court.

  2. 2Métro passage
    Paris, France
    ≈ 00:15:00
    Stated on screen

    Busking with a comb in the Métro, Karol meets Mikołaj, who offers to get him home.

  3. 3Rubbish dump outside Warsaw
    Warsaw, Poland
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Inferred

    His suitcase is stolen at the airport and he is beaten and dumped in the snow.

  4. 4His brother's hair salon
    Warsaw, Poland
    ≈ 00:32:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Hotel
    Warsaw, Poland
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Prison
    Warsaw, Poland
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
1,367 km
Places
2
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Plane: 1,367 km
  • Not shown: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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