Blue is the Warmest Colour
Palme d'Or | Lesbian | Dorian Award (GALECA) | Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema | Drama | Queer Palm 2013 Nominee | 2013
Original Title
La Vie d'Adèle- Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
- Writer: Julie Maroh; Abdellatif Kechiche
- Producer: Abdellatif Kechiche
CGiii Comment
It won the Palme D'Or...and, it is very long. Too long.
So - apologies - to those that proclaimed this to be a masterpiece - it is not...but, it could have been...quite easily. Sometimes, that old idiom: less is more - should be acknowledged.
Most scenes are stretched out to breaking point. The first hour is teenage twaddle, the second hour is polluted with pseudo-academic crap...then, there's the final act. Mostly mesmerising, definitely intense...let down by too many directorial faults.
Adele gives an exquisite performance punctuated with moments of unnecessary indignity...i.e the porn (it's not art).
The editor needed to be sacked, the director needed to be slapped...with these recommendations, Chapter 3 could have flown off the screen...
Still, the third act makes it all worthwhile.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Adèle is a high school student who is beginning to explore herself as a woman. She dates men but finds no satisfaction with them sexually, and is rejected by a female friend who she does desire. She dreams of something more. She meets Emma who is a free spirited girl whom Adèle's friends reject due to her sexuality, and by association most begin to reject Adèle. Her relationship with Emma grows into more than just friends as she is the only person with whom she can express herself openly. Together, Adèle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship.
Cast & Characters
Adele Exarchopoulos as Adele;
Lea Seydoux as Emma;
Jeremie Laheurte as Thomas;
Catherine Salee as Mere;
Aurelien Recoing as Pere;
Sandor Funtek as Valentin;
Aurelie Lemanceau as Sabine;
Baya Rehaz as Meryem;
Karim Saidi as Kader