The novel tells a love story between two young women in France at the end of the 1990s.. Abdellatif Kechiche directed a film adaptation in 2013 . For three hours. 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. As for the pace, I agree that the film is more feeling than exposition. The final film is often very meandering, and often purposeless. 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. and, of course she finds sublime joy in making love to Emma. Written by Jonathan Dix and Beck Goldsmith. I think I have become grown up and mature.''. [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. I wrote that I was pretty frustrated, but I thought it was realistic, and that is in the sense that its reality. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. [14] Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013.[15][16][17]. I think a lot of his exposition is related to the literary reveals he makes throughout the movie, (especially the poetry reference in the last teaching scene) I think they form a plot that is more feeling than exposition. These reactions are established in mental So much noise has surrounded the release of Abdellatif Kechiche's controversial Palme D'Or-winning film that several clarifying points may help potential viewers navigate the sound and fury. It's better than being called 'tyrant' or 'despot','' he snapped back. [73] In France, Cahiers du cinma placed the film third on its 2013 Top Ten chart. While Emma talks to this young woman, Emma turns and grins sheepishly at Adele, just before Lise greets Adele. By the time they reached America, however, this reflective series of observations had been recast as fury. She tells Adle that she no longer loves her, but that their relationship was special and she will always have "infinite tenderness" for her. I thought of my parents, their terrible fights and eventual divorce, of my relationships and how it felt to hurt someone and be hurt by someone I loved. Suffering. Finally, I recall when I had mumps in my early 20s. This movie was considered controversial due to its erotic scenes and taboo storyline. If you have time to browse through all the Tumblr postings, many are very frustrated but they dont dislike it. She possesses a real social awareness, she has a real engagement with the world, very similar to my own. "[29], In late 2011, a casting call was held in Paris to find the ideal actress for the role of Adle. Emma comes home late, having spent the evening working with Lise. Under license from Universal Music Vision. Living in the massive cesspool of ambition, greed, and "luxury apartments" that is London, everyone is obsessed with their jobs, their friends, and their incredibly important lives. Adle is happy with her job as a kindergarten teacher but has not moved on: she is still deeply in love with Emma. Not the visceral tugging of heartstrings. he said. [12][13] It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. In a film, there needs to be a point. There is no question that making Blue is the Warmest Colour was intense, immersive and extremely demanding, especially for Exarchopoulos, who was only 18 and dropped out of school to make the film. Together, Adle and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. Watching Blue Is the Warmest Color demands introspection and self-analysis. As their stock of stories gathered momentum, however, Kechiche began to emerge as something of a monster. A discussion about Blue is the Warmest Color winning the Palme d'Or. We dont know what the future holds for Adele, for Emma and for their relationship; it is frustrating for me . 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. In May, Abdellatif Kechiche and the cast of "Blue is the Warmest Color" looked like they were on top of the world. Parents need to know that Blue Is the Warmest Color is a French drama with English subtitles that chronicles a high school girl as she matures emotionally and sexually over about 10 years. That being said I would love to see any uncut footage that might fill in the story gapslike what happened to Valentin? Emma belittles Adle's career but encourages her to pursue writing, while Adle insists she is happy the way she is. Three years later, the two meet at a restaurant. The fact that he omitted so much exposition means that theres no motivation for the characters to have the obviously-intense feelings they have. For Adle, blue represents emotional intensity, curiosity, love, and sadness. I don't mind that it was hard. But when it ended, I was like.. Life is such and Adele got what she deserved ..or not, depending on my mood. In fact I think it is Adeles love for life that makes her so vulnerable and so sensitive. [106] This was also the first film adapted from a graphic novel or a comic to win the Palme d'Or. At least for now, she has to turn her back on Emma, and face the world with a clean start. Emma is in a committed partnership with Lise and helps raise Lise's three-year-old daughter. French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche first wanted to explore the story of a school teacher due to his preoccupations with social class. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. Thank you Hong for your efforts in making this available to us! I respect your opinion, Hong, and I thank you for tolerating mine so far, but I cannot say that this ending is good anymore. Similarly, I see the ending of BLUE as quite bad. Not the resolution of suffering as in the graphic novel, just suffering. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. We get our hearts shattered, fair or not, and we often live life wondering if our faults that let to our endless pain, is just that, reality. On one wall is a nude portrait of Adle that Emma painted during their time together. 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. That an actress who grew up in Paris can be so resonant-expressive to a woman who grew up in Minnesota I find wonderous. 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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. Some critics, though, lauded it for its power, honesty, and intensity. I much prefer Kechiches ending. Often, my go-to is the timewhile attending university in a grim coastal townthat I got my head kicked in outside a club by a balding, middle-aged thug in front of my then girlfriend. [76][77] Stephen Garrett of The New York Observer wrote that the film was "nothing less than a triumph" and "a major work of sexual awakening". She ordered lemon tart and when I saw the way she ate it I thought, 'It's her! At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color became the first same-sex romance to win the Palme d'Or. And all of this goes against the point of an ambiguous ending: If you make an ending ambiguous, make it ambiguous for a good reason! ''Fine! 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