[55][56][57][58] The film was released on 15 November 2013 in the United Kingdom[59] and on 13 February 2014 in Australia and New Zealand.[60][61][62]. While he may be aware that he is now a member of the cultural elite in France for being a critically acclaimed French filmmaker in the birthplace of cinema, among its philosophy, culture, and je ne sais quoi, he is very much aware that he is "not . It was Seydoux, despite being racked by her own doubts - ''Sometimes I'd go: 'I'm so shit; I am such a bad actress''' - who coaxed her through it. 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In front of others, Adle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. The hysterical reaction to the film from people who haven't even seen it suggests it's not the sex that people are scared of, or the fact its story concerns two lesbiansit's the fact that, like all great films, it delivers a truth that many would rather ignore. He didn't just shoot on set, either. That being said I would love to see any uncut footage that might fill in the story gapslike what happened to Valentin? He wrote: "Kechiche's film is three hours long, and the only problem with that running time is that I could have happily watched it for another seven. The film's premise is based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Jul Maroh. Maybe he wants to make an continuation, that is something we wont know for sure, but only that Lea stated she would not work with him, so a continuation without her is pretty much nonsense. The idea that two people who love each other that much can put each other through such pain really got to me. ''It was a brutal and surgical display, exuberant and cold, of so-called lesbian sex, which turned into porn, and [made] me feel very ill at ease,'' she wrote. ''On one side are obsessive perfectionists, on the other self-involved exhibitionists, or so the theory goes.'' Blue Is the Warmest Color: How Much Sex Is Too MuchSex? Adle (Adle Exarchopoulos) is an introverted 15-year-old high-school student. Adele mentions that he gets attached to his character and doesnt like to let them go because in the book that its based on, the character Clementine (Adele) dies from a heart condition (symbolizing a broken heart) stemming from her depression from her breakup with Emma. He's a very honest director and I love his cinema. I dont think Kechiche understands his own film, TBH. [24], Some critics have noted that class difference is an ongoing theme in Kechiche's filmography. He was easy prey for pot stirrers. I am not strong like Emma, though I wish to be, or not. It is the same accompaniment immediately prior to the iconic scene where she first sets eyes on blue-Emma, and this chapter of her life begins. Some critics, though, lauded it for its power, honesty, and intensity. Nothing Maroh said could douse the critics' rapture, however. Starring: La Seydoux,Adle Exarchopoulos,Salim Kechiouche Watch all you want. Blue Is the Warmest Colour ( French: La Vie d'Adle - Chapitres 1 & 2; French pronunciation: [la vi dadl apit ne d]) is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring La Seydoux and Adle Exarchopoulos. The final film is often very meandering, and often purposeless. Emma's artsy family welcomes Adle, but Adle tells her conservative, working-class parents that Emma is her tutor for philosophy class. That was harsh Maybe I should give Kechiche the benefit of the doubt. '', All smiles: Lea Seydoux (left), director Abdellatif Kechiche and Adele Exarchopoulos in Cannes.Credit:AP. Emma is in a committed partnership with Lise and helps raise Lise's three-year-old daughter. "[27][31], The film, originally planned to be shot in two and a half months, was shot in five months, from March to August 2012, with a budget of 4 million. But no. "[28] In the film, Adle's parents seem oblivious to her love affair with Emma and politely greet her under the impression that she is Adle's philosophy tutor. As for the pace, I agree that the film is more feeling than exposition. Director Abdellatif Kechiche spends three grueling hours painting an incredibly intimate picture of a relationship, from the fuzzy beginning, through the wobbling uncertainty in the middle, to the. It was powerful and gripping in its honesty and fearlessness. The way he treats us? Not the resolution of suffering as in the graphic novel, just suffering. It is the first film to have the Palme d'Or awarded to both the director and the lead actresses, with Seydoux and Exarchopoulos joining Jane Campion (The Piano) and later Julia Ducournau (Titane) as the only women to have won the award. Unless there is a continuation of the story in La Vie d'Adle Part 2, we will never know if Adle will be granted a second chance at love -- and if that chance can ever be anything more than a shadow of her first. That an actress who grew up in Paris can be so resonant-expressive to a woman who grew up in Minnesota I find wonderous. Sometimes they worked for 18 hours a day, although on other days Kechiche announced they were just going to drink coffee and talk. "[21], One recurring thematic element critics and audiences identified is the division of social class and the exploration of freedom and love between the two central characters. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Adle is a high school student who is beginning to explore herself as a woman. She then went on to say how normal it felt, even when a model-maker came to make moulds for the silicone shields they wore over their genitals. Viewers who come alive when French is spoken -- and lament the American inability to emulate that je ne sais quoi sensibility, the light-yet-profound examination of corners of human existence large and small -- will find Blue intimately compelling, even transporting, as it unhurriedly unfolds its tale of intellectual and artistic striving, sexual communion and the indelible impact of first love. Yesterday, I was lucky to see two movies that were in contention for Palme d'Or in a local festival as special screenings. THE WARMEST COLOUR (LA VIE DADELE CHAPITRES 1 ET 2) France 2h59 - 2,35 INTERNATIONAL SALES WILD BUNCH Carole BARATON - cbaraton@wildbunch.eu Gary FARKAS - gfarkas@wildbunch.eu Vincent MARAVAL - ndevide@wildbunch.eu Silvia SIMONUTTI - ssimonutti@wildbunch.eu www.wildbunch.biz Phil SYMES : + 33 (0)6 09 65 58 08 Ronaldo MOURAO : + 33 (0)6 09 56 54 48 festival@theprcontact.com . The blue hair signifies the stages of Emma and Adele relationship. Like most relationships, everything is taut and exciting at the beginning. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. ''You can see that we were really suffering. Not character development. One thing I adore about this movie, (and something it is often criticized for) is how it doesnt force a plot on the viewer by scene after scene of implausible exposition. The music does signal a new beginning for Adele thank you Irreverence for pointing this out to me! Hope isnt some faith-y thing that you appeal to in desperation. Blue straddles the divide between art film and erotica with a specificity previously unseen, but while its sex scenes are far longer than viewers of nonpornographic movies are accustomed to, and the actresses wholeheartedly throw themselves into them, the auteur's hand cannot be completely removed from our experience of the film. The film spends time filming conflicts, emotions, and feelings in great, gory detail. This fan appears very enamored of Emma. The site's critical consensus is: "Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Colour offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama. At the point in their lives, the relationship has gone as far as it has. At least for now, she has to turn her back on Emma, and face the world with a clean start. Blue Is the Warmest Color (French: Le bleu est une couleur chaude, originally announced as Blue Angel) is a French graphic novel by Jul Maroh, published by Glnat in March 2010. To me it has the episodic quality of a dream, it presents scenes, moments of Adeles life, to us and we can fill in the gaps with our imagination. Together, Adle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. Its like the ending of the series THE SOPRANOS, which ends abruptly with a black screen. It was later, a day before the New Year, that Kechiche decided to offer Exarchopoulos the leading role in the film; as he said in an interview, "I chose Adle the minute I saw her. 3. We live in a time where most of us demand instant gratification. Im wondering if you have any thoughts on this: In the final gallery scene, Emma leaves Adele after some brief small-talk to respond to a perspective buyers question. It would have been nice if Beatrice came out of left field and swept a happy Adele away in her arms and also Emma perhaps having 2 lovers who know of each other. Published by First Digital Music (BMI) Courtesy of Universal Publishing Production Music. The pacing is totally arbitrary, leaving Kechiche no reference but his unpredictable, chaotic, pessimistic gut. Adele did mention that they filmed Adeles suicide but Kechiche decided not to use that ending. An interviewer for The Guardian saw Exarchopoulos greet Kechiche warmly in the corridor as they went to their respective interview rooms and asked whether the feud had been exaggerated. In The Yale Review, Charles Taylor wrote: "Instead of fencing its young lovers within a petting zoo Kechiche removes the barriers that separate us from them. That really, really sucked. (LogOut/ Whether you become utterly enraptured by the film or want to bolt from the theater will likely depend not on your inhibitions regarding female nudity and explicit sexuality but rather your feelings about the oeuvre of such Gallic masters as Agns Jaoui, Andr Tchin, Catherine Breillat and Big (Grand)Daddy Eric Rohmer. This is when Adele questions herself, her true self. Perhaps Im making too much of this event. I had taken her for lunch at a brasserie. We SHOULD know what happens to Valentin. He might as well have flipped everyone off. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. At one party, Adle meets Emma's pregnant colleague Lise, gallery owner Joachim, and aspiring actor Samir. It also occurred to me how often I've wondered whether long-term relationships are really worth the hassle, given that the bad times and break-ups are such an ordeal. This article originally appeared on VICE UK. In its depiction of a young love affair, Blue Is the Warmest Colour is intimate to the point of being claustrophobic. Not plot. After having vivid fantasies about the blue-haired woman while masturbating and kissing Batrice, one of her female friends, Adle becomes troubled about her sexual identity. <p>Kechiche shouldn't arbitrarily make the ending an exception to this trend. I believe he cares a lot of his movie, but not so much for the actresses! [63] As Blue Is the Warmest Colour, the film was also released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Canada on 25 February 2014 by Mongrel Media, in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2014 by Artificial Eye and on 18 June 2014, in Australia by Transmission Films. Individual scenes were done dozens of times. In truth, it isn't sex per se that makes "Blue Is the Warmest Color" problematic; it's the patriarchal anxieties about sex, female appetite and maternity that leach into its sights and sounds. ''No, it was real, but it was not as big as it looks,'' she replied. However I was alright with this ending artistically. 7.Its love scenes will surprise you. 3.It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. Although the ending is not clearly define, its just how Kechiche wants to leave it. Speaking to IndieWire on the preparation for her role, Seydoux said, "During those ten months [before shooting] I was already meeting with him and being directed. ''At least it's a classified illness.''. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adle Chapitres 1 & 2; French pronunciation:[la vi dadl apit ne d]) is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring La Seydoux and Adle Exarchopoulos. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. Why dedicate a hopeless film to people who need hope? . 4.It is as fascinated by the heart and the mind as the body. All that means that we could love, lost, and love again.. She was joyful in marching against austerity, for LGBT rights with Emma, she took joy (and solace) in eating, her dancing was joyous, she took joy in her children, and there is even joy in the incredible relationship she had with her hair! While Emma talks to this young woman, Emma turns and grins sheepishly at Adele, just before Lise greets Adele. Watching Blue Is the Warmest Color demands introspection and self-analysis. ), ya, OK and maybe a wee bit of Rum as well, I remember having an oh-oh kind of feeling towards the end of that final scene, like: oh no they are going to end this with the Les girl saved by the hetero guy! I regard that knee-jerk reaction as a bit hysterical and embarrassing now, however it did lead me to regard that final scene with relief rather than frustration. Its real. Were working to restore it. nicely written and I appreciate this blog cause you can say the same about Emma that you wished for Adele. He makes you care about these characters and then drops them. Adaptation is always a process of transformation, so it's no surprise that Abdellatif Kechiche's movie version of Blue Is the Warmest Color didn't use Julie Maroh's graphic novel as a storyboard.. Kechiche felt that Seydoux "shared her character's beauty, voice, intelligence and freedom" and that she has "something of an Arabic soul". Emma and Adle become friends. [4] Further criticism targeted disrupted working patterns and salaries. All smiles: Lea Seydoux (left), director Abdellatif Kechiche and Adele Exarchopoulos in Cannes. The ending is frustrating and it lingers in your mind for days, months? Jury President Spielberg explained: The film is a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to be a fly on the wall, to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning. 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