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Blue Is the Warmest Color
La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2
2013 180 min Belgium, France, Spain NC-17 18+
★7.9
Romance, Drama
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
📖 Based on the novel
«Blue Is the Warmest Color»
byJul' Maroh
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Description
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Budget:
$4.3M
US Gross:
$2.2M
Worldwide:
$19.8M
Starring
Léa Seydoux
Actor
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Actor
Salim Kechiouche
Actor
Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2013
— Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival 2013
— FIPRESCI Prize – Competition
César Awards 2014
— Most Promising Actress
Goya Awards 2014
— Best European Film
César Awards 2014
— Best Sound
Golden Globe 2014
— Best International Feature Film
Golden Eagle 2015
— Best International Feature Film
César Awards 2014
— Best Actress
César Awards 2014
— Best Adapted Screenplay
César Awards 2014
— Best Cinematography
César Awards 2014
— Best Director
BAFTA 2014
— Best International Feature Film
European Film Awards 2013
— Best Director
European Film Awards 2013
— Best Picture
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013
— FIPRESCI Prize – Best Film of the Year
César Awards 2014
— Best Film Editing
Cannes Film Festival 2013
— Queer Palm
César Awards 2014
— Best Picture
Key opinion
La Vie d'Adèle is widely hailed as a raw, immersive, and emotionally resonant portrait of youthful discovery and heartbreak. While critics and audiences largely celebrate the lead performances and the film's unflinching realism, the extensive three-hour runtime and the explicit, prolonged nature of the sex scenes remain significant points of contention.
| Acting | Adèle Exarchopoulos delivers a mesmerizing, authentically ordinary performance that serves as the film's emotional anchor. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography utilizes striking, painterly framing and natural light to transform mundane everyday moments into emotionally resonant experiences. | |
| Runtime | The film succeeds in creating a deeply immersive, realistic atmosphere, though the excessive length creates a polarizing experience for viewers. | |
| Originality | The sex scenes are caught between being viewed as a necessary, naturalistic exploration of intimacy and being perceived as gratuitous or pornographic. | |
| Adaptation | The adaptation of the graphic novel is criticized for abandoning the source material's core themes in favor of excessive detail and explicit content. |