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What happened next (only when you saw Red! (and White, spoiler!)


As many have noticed, Blue suggests that Julie is the true composer instead of her late husband. Olivier refuses to finish the piece without her, unless she reveals herself as the true artist.

Now, in the end of Red (major spoilers coming up now), all protagonists from these three movies are shown as the survivors of a major ferry accident. There, Julie is referred to as "the widow of the French composer."

Now, that tells us something, doesnt it? It suggests that she did not decide to come out as the true composer. Otherwise, for sure the news would have anounced her as the French composer Julie Vignon.

One thing bugged me about the film, and that is that losing all human connection and becoming fully disconnected from one's feelings, as Julie tried in Blue, never felt like any 'liberty' to me. On the contrary, scraping your fist against a wall to make sure you feel pain is not even close to liberty. Is her liberty not hidden in something else entirely? Do the film's themes not truly come into fruition after they have finished? As Red's Valentine will probably find only true fraternity with Auguste, the man she is meant to be with (as the younger equivalent of Joseph the judge), two wandering but inherently good souls, and White's Karol has only found true equality to Dominique after the jail time he got her as her punishment, Julie has only found true liberty by knowing she is appreciated for her genius by her great love Olivier but staying anonymous to the greater public. Any thoughts?

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I think her coming to terms with her loss, embracing her past rather than escaping from it and any future connections is what gave her Liberty. As far as Red, I don't think it's the romantic relationship that counts by itself. It's her friendship with the the judge, whom she first called repulsive for listening in on his neighbors that counts as fraternity- interconnectedness. That the new judge reflects the old judge just adds to that interconnectedness. Just my thoughts

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i think liberty came to Julie when she found out that her husband was having an affair.. after the accident she felt a lot of guilt because she was cheating on him with Olivier and that his death and especially her daughter's death were a punishment for being unfaithful, so she feels that she doesn't deserve to live in their house or own their things.. when she meets her husband's lover i think Julie frees herself from her guilt so then she's able to moves on
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Did she cheat on her husband? My understanding was that Olivier was in love with her, but it was one-sided and she only reciprocated after the accident.

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Good point. Maybe she liked keeping away from publicity, so didn't want credit for her/their work. Maybe the sense of liberty was being able to start her life over. Perhaps Olivier would start taking the credit for any newer work.

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