Now I completely understand why Seydoux and Exarchopoulos were awarded the Palme alongside Kechiche. This film, to me, is all about the actresses. Oil your nuts and bolts because this film is heart wrenching and it is important to say that it is first and foremost an intimately told and constructed life and love story, and not the solely erotic, lesbian fest that its made out to be. It is a long film spanning a few years but nothing in the films feels arbitrary to Adele’s story. The film deviates a great deal from the graphic novel, with different plots and broadly speaking different concerns. The film is based on the graphic novel ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ ( Bleu est une Couleur Chaude) by Julie Maroh but don’t mistake one for the other. This is the story of her life but a large part of her transition into adulthood occurs during and because of her relationship with the slightly older Emma (played by Lea Seydoux), an artist she first encounters as a student. Directed Abdellatif Kechiche, one of France’s most respected directors 2, the Palme D’or winning La Vie D’Adele follows the formative years of Adele, played by Adele Exarchopolous, who we meet in high school. Thankfully, though, Blue is not such a simple film, living up to and surpassing expectations.įor those that have avoided media hype be it by chance or to spare protect your viewing of the film, here’s a brief rundown of the film sans melodrama. In the 5 month delay between the European wide-release of this film and its frustratingly late Australian release (query: do film reels need to row themselves across the Pacific?), the film had been written, spoken, blogged, GIF’ed and tweeted about, either lauding or deriding the film, so that by the time it reached Dendy or Palace you feel like your initial reaction would be a kneejerk ‘Yes or No’ response to what you’ve already heard.
1Since its screening at Cannes, Blue is the Warmest Colour has been doused in the fuel of feudal drama, gradually fire-balling so bright that it seems cinema-goers are being drawn to the sensationalised flame of sex and controversy over the artistic content of a film that is, on its own accord, sensational. Type ‘ Blue is the Warmest Color‘ into Google and what you’ll get is the confusing disparity between “Lesbian Coming of Age Story Wins Palme D’or” and “French Lesbian Film is Erotic and Sensual”.
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