The 1994 film "Three Colors: Red" is a French-Swiss film about Valentine Dussaut, a young Swiss woman living in Geneva who is a student and model. She adopts a dog and befriends a retired judge. At one point Valentine plays a coffee shop slot machine and wins a jackpot of Swiss one franc coins. Later the judge flips a Swiss five franc coin and the reverse appears.

The front of Geneva coffee shop "Chez Joseph" appears.

Valentine Dussaut visits the shop.

She plays a slot machine but wins nothing. She leaves and drives off, hitting a large dog. She then takes the dog to the owner, retired judge Joseph Kern, who doesn't want the dog back and gives the dog to Valentine. She then drives to a photographer who takes some advertising pictures of her. She returns to the coffee shop and again plays the slot machine and wins.

Swiss coins flow into the tray.

The coins are modern Swiss copper-nickel one franc coins.
At the time the Swiss franc was worth around US $0.70.

Valentine visits Joseph and they talk about their backgrounds. Joseph then holds a coin.

A close-up of the coin appears.

The coin is a Swiss copper-nickel five franc coin dated 1977. Joseph later attends a fashion show where Valentine appears as one of the models.

Valentine tells Joseph that she is going to visit her boyfriend in London. Joseph advises her to take the channel ferry as it is cheaper than flying. Joseph sees a news report that the ferry sank in a storm. The report names two Swiss survivors, one of whom is Valentine. The film ends with Valentine's advertisement photograph.

Irene Jacob as Valentine Dussaut
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Joseph Kern
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writers: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski