Of his intention to portray young people, Kechiche said: "I almost wish I was born now, because young people seem to be much more beautiful and brighter than my generation. She ordered lemon tart and when I saw the way she ate it I thought, 'It's her! Starring: La Seydoux,Adle Exarchopoulos,Salim Kechiouche Watch all you want. Thank you Hong for your efforts in making this available to us! Adeles friends will help her through her problem, and probably talk with Emma about what she did to Adele. The director did not put any constraints on the narrative and we were absolutely spellbound by the amazing performances of the two actresses, and especially the way the director observed his characters and just let the characters breathe. Also, if his intention is to show that Emma and Adele never meet again, then why leave clues that their feelings for each other are obviously stronger than any temporary feeling of duty they have now, showing that they wont be happy unless they have each other? Simply put they are . Source: Tumblr posts and others indicated. Not getting involved in committed relationships, marriage or otherwise, because of a fear of them coming to an end is a cop-out. Casting director Sophie Blanvillain first spotted Adle Exarchopoulos and then arranged for her to meet Kechiche. If it werent, wed all be fucked. Emma belittles Adle's career but encourages her to pursue writing, while Adle insists she is happy the way she is. I thought of my incredulous anger, confusion, and frantic questioning when I myself had been mistreated, wondering how something that was meant to be good could make me feel so hopeless. 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. But both of them had expected it to be hard. Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. However, for all his claims about trying to capture life, he doesnt. Finally, I recall when I had mumps in my early 20s. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. But no. The visual beauty and heat of the actresses' tableaux battles the subjective history viewers will inevitably bring to bear. At the beginning of their first encounter, it is her blue hair that makes Emma stand out most among the crowd, and it is the reason why Adele could not get the image of the blue hair girl out of her mind. He makes you care about these characters and then drops them. We see her struggles and we see her attempts to work through them. [78], Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia wrote, "Not unlike Wong Kar-wai's most matured effort in cinema, Happy Together, director Abdellatif Kechiche knows love and relationship well and the details he goes about everything is almost breathtaking to endure. Kechiche felt that Seydoux "shared her character's beauty, voice, intelligence and freedom" and that she has "something of an Arabic soul". I like to be tested. My nether regions swelled up to grapefruit-like proportions and I degenerated into a state of dehydrated delirium, a sweat-bathed figure talking in nonsensical riddles and vomiting for a fortnight at my mum's house. The scene reminds us that, once we enter a full-on relationship, we emotionally put ourselves on the line. Blue is the Warmest Colour opens on Thursday. And I disagree about the pacing. 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. I have heard some people criticize Adele Ex as being expressionless as an actress. theatrically. Yesterday, I was lucky to see two movies that were in contention for Palme d'Or in a local festival as special screenings. The film, about a love affair between the actresses' characters, includes a graphic sex scene that has been the source of much debate. The final film is often very meandering, and often purposeless. At least theres hope for Adele and from her walking out of the gallery and moving forward, is good sign that she can find happiness again. My questions: Do you think that this young woman is Emmas next Adele? By the time they reached America, however, this reflective series of observations had been recast as fury. 3.It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. Blue is the Warmest Color triumphantly revealed love in the extremes, both in its beauty and in its monstrosity. Whatever. Adle attends Emma's art exhibition. The music does signal a new beginning for Adele thank you Irreverence for pointing this out to me! She dreams of something more. [18] She passes an older woman with short blue hair in the streets one day and is instantly attracted. ''Directors and actors being what they are, they like a good argument,'' wrote a commentator in a piece comparing the saga with other screen clashes. [51] In August 2013, the film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. Chances are, many will share your perspective point of view! Exarchopoulos woke on a train to Lille after a day off to find he was filming her, whereupon he instructed her to go and buy some snacks and eat while he filmed. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. Long response ahead, lol And thanks for replying. Like most relationships, everything is taut and exciting at the beginning. Emma and Adle become friends. [4] Seven hundred and fifty hours of dailies were shot. If you have time to browse through all the Tumblr postings, many are very frustrated but they dont dislike it. The film's premise is based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Jul Maroh. She sleeps with Thomas, a boy from school, but is ultimately dissatisfied and ends their relationship. "[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. The gay and queer people laughed because it's not convincing, and found it ridiculous. A still from Blue is the Warmest Colour.Credit:Transmission Films. 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 . [81] Several critics considered the film the front-runner to win the Palme d'Or. This movie was considered controversial due to its erotic scenes and taboo storyline. Three years later, the two meet at a restaurant. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. "[50], Blue Is the Warmest Colour had its world premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2013. The film spends time filming conflicts, emotions, and feelings in great, gory detail. He's a very honest director and I love his cinema. he said. [24], Some critics have noted that class difference is an ongoing theme in Kechiche's filmography. ''No, it was real, but it was not as big as it looks,'' she replied. ''Sometimes she was saying, 'Oh, this is very difficult', and I was saying, 'Think about the film. Exarchopoulos described how her auditions with Kechiche over the course of two months consisted of improvisation of scenarios, discussions, and sitting in a caf, without talking, while he observed her. Samir discusses America with Adle while the others discuss sex, and the two become friends. Watching Blue Is the Warmest Color demands introspection and self-analysis. Toward the film's end, when Adle desperately tries to seduce Emma in an empty bar, begging in vain to rekindle their sexual and emotional connection, it becomes ever clear that this film really isn't about sexual orientation. We SHOULD know what happens to Valentin. Having no implausible exposition doesnt, for me, justify some of the editing choices. 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. Otherwise, its a meandering mess with no meaning whatsoever. It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. In the same interview, Exarchopoulos recounted how the director drove them on during a scene of a break-up. Individual scenes were done dozens of times. . [88], Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "wildly undisciplined" and overlong, and wrote that it "feels far more about Mr. Kechiche's desires than anything else". Hope isnt some faith-y thing that you appeal to in desperation. It depicts their relationship from Adle's high school years to her early adult life and career as a schoolteacher. He himself has admitted to being pessimistic in interviews. Part of what makes Blue so gripping is the nature of its mixed marriage between artist and non-artist (and working class versus privileged elite). ''You can see that we were really suffering. The website responded by suggesting he could be seen as paranoid. [25], Kechiche explores how food can evoke varying levels of symbolism, for instance through the sexually suggestive food metaphors of Adle's liking the fat on ham and her learning to eat oysters from Emma. There is a scene in the restaurant where two meet again, after years of separation, the tears that dwell on their eyes shows precisely how much they love each other, yet there is no way they will be together again. As a cynic, I never thought I'd find myself writing this, but the main lesson I took from Blue Is the Warmest Color is to seize the day and be unafraid of intimacy. ''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. '', All smiles: Lea Seydoux (left), director Abdellatif Kechiche and Adele Exarchopoulos in Cannes.Credit:AP. For him, Adele isnt an character that he cares about. 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!, Yeah, I think that guy IS Kechiche. As their stock of stories gathered momentum, however, Kechiche began to emerge as something of a monster. another journey.perhaps this one will be less fierce, less passionate, but, perhaps she will be happier.. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. So overwhelmed were the members of the Cannes jury that they decided to give the Palme D'Or not only to the director, but, in an unprecedented move, to the two actresses, Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos, as well. To declare that there were times they wanted to give up, even that they wouldn't want to go through it again, is not an indictment. Editor and writer, not necessarily in that order. He chases after her but goes in the wrong direction, while Adle walks off into the distance. and, of course she finds sublime joy in making love to Emma. 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. 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. The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013. He added, "What was decisive during our meeting was her take on society: She's very much tuned in to the world around her. Imo, Adele is too abstract and stubborn to find her way alone. I left in a flood of tears. In May, Abdellatif Kechiche and the cast of "Blue is the Warmest Color" looked like they were on top of the world. This isnt just from an ethical perspective. ''For me, a shoot is a human adventure, and in every adventure you have some conflict. Perhaps Im making too much of this event. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. In the movie it shows the progression of two characters who are go through pursuit of love, sex, and career ambition. We want the fun of flirting followed by the endorphin rush of sex. It was powerful and gripping in its honesty and fearlessness. It had a limited release at four theatres in New York City and Los Angeles on 25 October 2013, and expanded gradually in subsequent weeks. . [105] At Cannes it also won the FIPRESCI Prize. ''In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. Adle also references Pablo Picasso a number of times,[47][48] who famously went through a melancholy Blue Period. 1.It's French. Blue Is the Warmest Colour Ending Explained Blue Is the Warmest Colour Ending Explained Pin By Haniixz On Movies Blue Is The Warmest Colour Warm Colors Color Blue Is The Warmest Colour Review A Searingly Frank And Intimate Account The Independent The Independent Pin On Final Major 1 By the end of September, after another triumphant outing at the Toronto Film Festival, Kechiche was telling the press the film should never be released because it was ''too sullied'' and it would be impossible for anyone to view the film ''with a clean heart and a watchful eye''. BLUE IS. Was Adele more of an professional assistant to Emma at the end, than a lover? It received a standing ovation and ranked highest in critics' polls at the festival. She was hitting me so many times, and [Kechiche] was screaming: 'Hit her! Perhaps, there will be other women but, I have that type of trust in Emma that tells me she will continue to grow and create and be as kind as she can to whoever is in her life. To me, she said: ''I don't know whether it has really changed me, but it's made me develop and grow. There should be a solution. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. The fact that Kechiche makes us so invested emotionally in these characters means that he should provide a payoff. My head was split open and I had to go to the hospital, the physical pain accompanied by the humiliating realization that I'd been completely unable to defend myself. In a film, there needs to be a point. 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. I have some questions about an incident in the final gallery scene that I have not seen addressed anywhere else. Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. I don't mind that it was hard. The film follows Adle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom as an aspiring painter, Emma (Seydoux), enters her life. Its real. Sometimes you could spend like five hours on a scene. What really happened on the Blue is the Warmest Colour set. Batrice says she does not want to proceed further and tells Adle to forget the kiss. [14] Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013.[15][16][17]. Clementine is a junior in high school who seems average enough: she has friends, family, and the romantic attention of the boys in her school. I wrote that I was pretty frustrated, but I thought it was realistic, and that is in the sense that its reality. , This Is Not Lesbian Pornography: Blue Is The Warmest Color,Defended, What the Critics Are Saying AboutBlue Is the Warmest Colors SexScene, Aperu: Rencontre avec Adle Exarchopoulos et LaSeydoux, Cinema TV La Vie DAdle Blue is the WarmestColor, Interview de La Seydoux, Adle Exarchopoulos et AbdellatifKechiche. But growing up is challenging, and just like life, love can hurt. Life is much harder. Don't miss a beat. 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In its depiction of a young love affair, Blue Is the Warmest Colour is intimate to the point of being claustrophobic. And its THREE HOURS of suffering. Its also based on how the structure of a film works (development of certain themes), and how we know life works, where there is some kind of good solution to a huge problem, even if its not perfect or what one expects. Now after seeing it several times I am cool with it. Adle is happy with her job as a kindergarten teacher but has not moved on: she is still deeply in love with Emma. Shes a conduit for sympathy from the audience. ''How, when you are adored, when you go up on the red carpet, when we receive awards, can we speak of suffering?''. But the concept was only finalized a few years later when Kechiche chanced upon Maroh's graphic novel and he saw how he could link his screenplay about a schoolteacher with Maroh's love story between two young women. I believe he cares a lot of his movie, but not so much for the actresses! [54] In the U.S., it was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "explicit sexual content". Kechiche is 52. but worse, we have the same ending but if we are fortunate, maybe twice as much. Im just saying theres no reason for him to leave it vague, other than if he just ran out of energy. We want to ignore our own problems and avoid having our vibes killed by hearing about anybody else's. [34][35] Another characteristic aspect of Blue's cinematography is the predominance of close-ups. [89][90], Conversely, Richard Brody wrote in The New Yorker: "The problem with Kechiche's scenes is that they're too goodtoo unusual, too challenging, too originalto be assimilated to the familiar moviegoing experience. I respect your opinion, Hong, and I thank you for tolerating mine so far, but I cannot say that this ending is good anymore. Adle is a high school student who is beginning to explore herself as a woman. 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. 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. '"[27][30][31], La Seydoux was cast as Emma ten months before principal photography began. There was another round of interviews for Blue is the Warmest Colour in London before it opened in November. I watched the film with my then girlfriend, and I suppose my initial and fairly pathetic concerns were that the intimacy between the two women, and the abject misery of their break-up, might make her decide that men simply weren't as good as women in bed, and that our relationship itself might not be the best on offer. Is blue, indeed, the warmest colour? It was hard to film it and maybe people think I was complaining and being spoiled, but that's not it. Not according to him. Its based in reality and the objectively good elements that the world has to offer in addition to the bad. We live in a time where most of us demand instant gratification. I felt a rejection of me; I live like a curse''. I guess what Im trying to say, however badly, is that the films entire theme is a neurotic obsession with suffering. That an actress who grew up in Paris can be so resonant-expressive to a woman who grew up in Minnesota I find wonderous. But when it ended, I was like.. Life is such and Adele got what she deserved ..or not, depending on my mood. Nowadays, if we want to have a relationship, we go on Tinder, have a swipe, have a chat, get drunk, have sex, fuck off. Australia's east coast is set to sweat with the arrival of a heatwave that forecasters warn will be more intense than anything experienced over summer. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. "[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. Its open to interpretation, but its not in line with the rest of the series and comes across as pretentious. After her realization, Adele realizes that she must walk out and turn the corner on her relationship with Emma. So what! [52], The film was screened in more than 131 territories[53] and was commercially released on 9 October 2013 in France by Wild Bunch with a "12" rating. 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 . [26], Director and screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche developed the premise for Blue Is the Warmest Colour while directing his second feature film, Games of Love and Chance (2003). This is when Adele questions herself, her true self. [71], More than 40 critics named the film as one of the ten best of 2013. Adele realizes that she does not belong in this world of pretense and it breaks her heart she almost breaks down again in the corner just before Samir connects with her. 7.Its love scenes will surprise you. Performed by Jonathan Dix and Beck Goldsmith. Your culture and entertainment cheat-sheet. 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. but honest and appropriate. . Seydoux, the elder of the two actresses at 28, was quoted at Telluride Festival as saying, to website The Daily Beast, that working on the film was ''horrible'' and that she had felt ''like a prostitute''. Even in the graphic novel one of Adeles friends help them talk things out. [37] Technicians accused Kechiche of harassment, unpaid overtime, and violations of labor laws. HI!! The look on her face the first two times she sees blue Emma are so expressive that I can know (almost) exactly how she feels. Emma agrees to see Clem at the beach and as they make love Clem has a heart attack (the beginning of the comic reveals Clem died, so my revealing she died is not a spoiler). That happens with Pedro Almodovars movies, The Skin I Live In or Volver. This article originally appeared on VICE UK. Gay or straight, if we lose someone and want them back, we will do whatever we canwe will forfeit our dignity, if that's what it takes. One Film Comment critic wrote, "As in Kechiche's earlier work, social class, and the divisions it creates, are a vital thread; he even changed the first name of the story's passionate protagonist from Clmentine to that of his actress, partly because it means 'justice' in Arabic. Sure, you get used to it after a while its a movie after all and it does look poetic, but it still doesnt make sense with the rest of the film to me. [100] In December 2013, it received the Louis Delluc Prize for best French film. On a related note, the fact that he dedicated this hopeless, nihilistic film to the youth of Tunisia is especially galling. 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. [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]. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. The only reason Kechiche doesnt give one, as far as I know, is either because he gave up, or because hes concerned with manipulating his audience first, and caring for people second. Sometimes it seemed to her she was spending whole days crying. "[40] In a January 2014 interview, Seydoux clarified: "I'm still very happy with this film. As she grows indifferent to her male classmates after a fumbled sexual experience, Adle finds herself filled with profound and unprecedented feelings--the unexpected result of a chance encounter with a mysterious blue-haired woman. Samir also sees this, and tries to comfort her. Kechiche shouldnt arbitrarily make the ending an exception to this trend. (The stars previously said the infamous sequence took . In fact I think it is Adeles love for life that makes her so vulnerable and so sensitive. [32] Shooting took place in Lille, Roubaix, and Livin. The truth is it was extremely hard but that's OK. Why should the ending of the film, or certain key plot points throughout, be an exception to this rule? It might be realistic, but that doesnt mean he shouldnt show what happens. Adele is confused about her sexuality after she breaks up with . As she is walking away on that street with those evocative gently popping sounds floating along with her, like the sound that would be made if every time a soap bubble popped it made a gentle ringing tingle, I can imagine the beginning of another chapter for Adele, another journey, perhaps this one will be less fierce, less passionate, but perhaps she will happier, and content at the end of this one. [85][86], Justin Chang, writing for Variety, said that the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory". Adle and Emma grow closer and kiss at a picnic. The good stuff doesn't last. [69], On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 204 critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 8.20/10. He might as well have flipped everyone off. He was easy prey for pot stirrers. It has very explicit sex with full nudity and graphic depictions of sex acts, mostly between two women, but one with a man also briefly shows an erect penis. Blue Is the Warmest Color 2013 | Maturity rating: 18 | 2h 52m | Romantic Films Determined to fall in love, 15-year-old Adele is focused on boys. Halcyon Daze. What is the streaming release date of Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) in Canada? (LogOut/ He brings the camera so close to the faces of his actresses that he seems to be trying to make their flesh more familiar to us than his own. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color became the first same-sex romance to win the Palme d'Or. 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. That was harsh Maybe I should give Kechiche the benefit of the doubt. Kechiche responded with fury of his own. In the meantime, thanks for allowing me a soapbox for my rants, Hong. 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. "[92][93][94][95] After a test screening of selected scenes for a lesbian audience, one viewer said that it was "hot at the beginning, and then it got ridiculous when they kept switching sex positions every ten seconds" and that it was like an infomercial designed to address all the sexual acts lesbians can engage in.