THREE COLOURS: RED (1994)
Sky Cinema 1, 10.15pm
The final chapter in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy stars Irène Jacob as Valentine, a Geneva- based model who forges a fateful friendship with a middle-aged judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant). A finely crafted, open-ended story about isolated souls and crossed wires, Red is disjointed but ultimately hypnotic. In a poetic flourish, key cast members from Kieslowski’s previous instalments in the trilogy, Blue and White, are reunited in this film’s final sequence. (99min)
SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992)
ITV1, 12.05am
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Finally earning Al Pacino his first Oscar for Best Actor after seven nominations, Martin Brest’s agreeable two-hander pairs the crusty old heavyweight with the fresh-faced newcomer Chris O’Donnell in a sentimental tale of wisdom passed down the generations. Pacino is positively volcanic as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a blind, politically incorrect chauvinist. O’Donnell picks up the reflected glory as Charlie, the prep school novice who accompanies Slade on an eventful trip to New York. (157min)