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Computer printout with the treatment for Krzysztof Kieślowski’s film “Three colors. White” (1994), produced among others by Tor Film Studio and MK2 Productions. The cinematography was by Edward Kłosiński. The film was made from a screenplay written jointly by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz as part of the “Three Colors” trilogy. The document, bearing the names of both authors, takes the form of a prose narrative without division into scenes. It describes in detail the opening of the film: the corridors of the Palais de Justice, the divorce hearing of the main protagonist, Karol, with Dominique, the loss of his money, his wandering through Paris, a night spent in the metro, and his meeting with a Polish violinist who helps him return to Poland. The text contains numerous corrections, deletions, and variant dialogues, giving it the character of a working literary draft.