Is this true of the Blue winning team? As Emma grows out of her relationship with Adle and their passion wanes, she removes the blue from her hair and adopts a more natural, conservative hairstyle. "[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. 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. The film, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, a French director of Tunisian origin widely regarded as one of French cinema's small handful of masters, is the story of a great passion between two teenage girls. The way he treats us? The film, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, a French director of Tunisian origin widely regarded as one of French cinema's small handful of masters, is the story of a great passion between two teenage girls. In front of others, Adle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. Suffering. 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. The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013. Even the opening in France was an anti-climax he compared to a dismal wedding. 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. 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 dismal end. 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. I much prefer Kechiches ending. This fan appears very enamored of Emma. 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. [38], In September 2013, Seydoux and Exarchopoulos also complained about Kechiche's behaviour during the shooting. Viewers who try to parse the various roles the male characters are meant to play in lead Adle's life will discover that questions of sexual identity are irrelevant here. "[101], The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. When her openly gay best friend takes her out on the town, she . As many have pointed out on this site, there is some comfort in knowing that the film created a strong bond and everlasting love between Lea and Adele. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. In Brazil, as of 2014, Blu-ray manufacturing companies Sonopress and Sony DADC were refusing to produce the film because of its content. To me, she said: ''I don't know whether it has really changed me, but it's made me develop and grow. Frustration doesnt mean that for me as well, it just means that it got to me, and Kechiche was very successful into getting under everyones skin. 4.It is as fascinated by the heart and the mind as the body. French director Abdellatif Kechiche's controversial, three-hour coming-of-age love story jumps from close-up to close-up of . That really, really sucked. 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. [51] In August 2013, the film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. The final film is often very meandering, and often purposeless. 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. Although this comes not from Kechiche himself but from Exarchopoulos, there have been racist jibes on the internet about an Arab persuading young French girls to take off their clothes. 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.. Blue is the Warmest Colour was now a festival favourite, with the intensely serious Kechiche and its young stars asked to give dozens of interviews. Sometimes what I like to do is recall all my shatteringly painful life experiences. It was hard to film it and maybe people think I was complaining and being spoiled, but that's not it. 2. (The stars previously said the infamous sequence took . Director Abdellatif Kechiche takes his audience oppressively close to his. Available on AMC+, IFC Films, Prime Video, iTunes. 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. Hi Hong, thank you for creating this wonderful space where we can process the intense feelings that this movie elicits. Performed by Jonathan Dix and Beck Goldsmith. So what! ''It was like a constant improvisation,'' she says. Emma acknowledges Adle but is focused on Lise and the other guests. . 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. Its real. 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. Adele is confused about her sexuality after she breaks up with . I had taken her for lunch at a brasserie. This post will be a little long, and a little in-depth, but Id really like to explain why. Then for a time I really resented the ending, kind of feeling like you RC just let down. ''How, when you are adored, when you go up on the red carpet, when we receive awards, can we speak of suffering?''. The film follows Adle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom as an aspiring painter, Emma (Seydoux), enters her life. After Emma shows up at the school, Adle's friends suspect her of being a lesbian and ostracise her. Similarly, I see the ending of BLUE as quite bad. I like to be tested. [14] At the 39th Csar Awards, the film received eight nominations, with Exarchopoulos winning the Csar Award for Most Promising Actress. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. [49], Reviewer Spencer Wolff noted Adle's political stance, which changes as her life experiences change and reflect her alternating views: "Framed by black and Arab faces, Adle marches in a protest to demand better funding for education. Her relationship with Emma grows into more than just friends as she is the only person with whom she can express herself openly. Your culture and entertainment cheat-sheet. Written by Jonathan Dix and Beck Goldsmith. Whyd Kechiche reduce such a feeling of hope to the ambiguous sound of a hang player rather than actually show it after so much build-up? We may as well be on our own, never meet anyone, or do anything we enjoy because we'll only end up being disappointed. Further themes are explored in Maroh's novel, such as addiction to prescription pills. His choices are disturbingly selective, and to me reveal that his ideas on how to deal with suffering and view life are totally messed up. 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. Batrice says she does not want to proceed further and tells Adle to forget the kiss. In its depiction of a young love affair, Blue Is the Warmest Colour is intimate to the point of being claustrophobic. [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. The strength of this connection radiates off the screen, and the sex scenewhile explicitis necessary to illustrate the passion between the two. Why dedicate a hopeless film to people who need hope? We SHOULD know what happens to Emma. I felt like a prostitute. BLUE IS. ), ya, OK and maybe a wee bit of Rum as well,. [54] In the U.S., it was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "explicit sexual content". In a film, there needs to be a point. ''I almost wish I was born now, because young people seem to be much more beautiful and brighter than my generation,'' he said. 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. I wrote that I was pretty frustrated, but I thought it was realistic, and that is in the sense that its reality. Cinematographer Sofian El Fani used the Canon EOS C300 camera with Angnieux zoom lenses, and the entire production was undertaken in a digital workflow. The public feud between the Palme D'Or winners, however, was to have a few more twists. While sitting in the movie theater for 3 hrs, I was wondering, WHEN WILL THIS END?? Some of Adle's old friends attend her surprise 18th birthday party, but Emma does not. 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. ''For me, a shoot is a human adventure, and in every adventure you have some conflict. 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. I don't mind that it was hard. [22][23] The social class division is clear in the two family dinner scenes, with Adle's conservative, working-class family discussing comparatively banal subjects while Emma's more open-minded, middle-class family mainly discusses more existential matters: art, career, life and passion. Perhaps Im making too much of this event. 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. In the sense that I want to see more and more of both of these characters, I hate to see this movie end, period. The pacing is totally arbitrary, leaving Kechiche no reference but his unpredictable, chaotic, pessimistic gut. Jul Maroh, Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translator) Blue is the Warmest Color is a graphic novel about growing up, falling in love, and coming out. In the same interview, Exarchopoulos recounted how the director drove them on during a scene of a break-up. At the same time, Julie Maroh, the author of the graphic novel on which the film was based, publicly criticised the film's ground-breaking sex scenes, describing them as ''ridiculous'' and questioning whether there had been any real, live lesbians on Kechiche's set. But growing up is challenging, and just like life, love can hurt. Yes, it's a romantic clich, but the connection between the two characters is palpable and, as they fall in love, you can't help being reminded of how it feels to meet someone you really like: as though you are the only two people in the world. Were working to restore it. 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. [20], One critic has suggested that the film is not a lesbian film, highlighting the exploration of Adle's bisexuality. 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. My mind also occasionally returns to 1994a youthful, more optimistic time in my lifewhen my dad took me to watch Chelsea vs. Manchester United in the FA Cup Final. 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. He also dodges an opportunity to clear the air on the correct interpretation because, again, he doesnt care. Finally, I recall when I had mumps in my early 20s. A month later, Kechiche wrote an open letter to Rue 89 news website that appeared to accuse the ''arrogant, spoilt'' Seydoux of slander and suggested she could explain herself in court. [85][86], Justin Chang, writing for Variety, said that the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory". I really like him as a director. Blue is the Warmest Colour is quite extraordinary. That an actress who grew up in Paris can be so resonant-expressive to a woman who grew up in Minnesota I find wonderous. 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. Halcyon Daze. Sometimes they worked for 18 hours a day, although on other days Kechiche announced they were just going to drink coffee and talk. Blue Is the Warmest Colour Jump to Edit Summaries Adle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. Chances are, many will share your perspective point of view! 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. As for Emma, she may stay satisfied with Lise and if Adeles dream of them having sex, is true then Emma is having a wonderful life with lise and Aude. You can't be scared of relationships just because of their potential to cause pain when they end. Not the visceral tugging of heartstrings. 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. After her realization, Adele realizes that she must walk out and turn the corner on her relationship with Emma. My questions: Do you think that this young woman is Emmas next Adele? Before its release, Blue Is the Warmest Color was hyped intensely. Hes trying to be a white knight for the character of Adele, and then distances himself from it because she has to deal with it on her own even though she probably cant. If it werent, wed all be fucked. Then the backlash flipped into action. Source: Tumblr posts and others indicated. Immediately after the Cannes premiere, a French film technicians' union criticised Kechiche for his ''disorganised'' approach to filming and for making demands on his crew that amounted to ''moral harassment'', a charge he denied. 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. She ordered lemon tart and when I saw the way she ate it I thought, 'It's her! In part, he said, he wanted to recapture for himself that age ''when we build each other, we are building our own personality and the way we are going to be as adults''. La Seydoux's Emma is an irresistible monster -- a painter who lives and breathes her work, who falls passionately in love with her subjects but who can't sustain interest in anything she can't make use of in her art. 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. However I was alright with this ending artistically. How far has Emma progressed through the course of the movie? but it is life. Three years later, the two meet at a restaurant. Individual scenes were done dozens of times. 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! 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. 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. Casting director Sophie Blanvillain first spotted Adle Exarchopoulos and then arranged for her to meet Kechiche. ''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. Some critics, though, lauded it for its power, honesty, and intensity. With a distinction no less effective for being understated, Blue empathizes with what people navigating the closet must undergo while matter-of-factly airing the beauty of living openly. He's a very honest director and I love his cinema. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Paulina Plazas wrote in IndieWire that throughout the film, bisexual erasure is "central to understanding Adle's particular sense that she does not belong as she comes of age. ''Sometimes she was saying, 'Oh, this is very difficult', and I was saying, 'Think about the film. 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. [27], Although Maroh's story takes precedence in the adaptation, Adle's character, named "Clmentine" in the book, differs from the original, as explored by Charles Taylor in The Yale Review: "The novel includes scenes of the girls being discovered in bed and thrown out of the house and speeches like What's horrible is that people kill each other for oil and commit genocide, not that they give their love to someone. Life is much harder. Performed by studio musicians. [67] The film grossed $2,199,787 in the U.S. 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 . The two girls that confront Adele about whether she is a lesbian are the same two girls who coerced her into checking out Thomas, dating Thomas and having sex with Thomas. Adle's pain is heart breaking to witness because it is born from the joy she felt when things were going well. When Adle and Emma first meet in a Lille bar there's an immediate energy and spark. An incredibly intense and realistic one, but a work of fiction nonetheless. She was hitting me so many times, and [Kechiche] was screaming: 'Hit her! Is this the point when Adele fully realizes that she was not meant to be a permanent part in the life of Emma? What is the streaming release date of Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) in Canada? Long response ahead, lol And thanks for replying. [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. It is an extraordinary, prolonged popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, anger, lust and hope, and contained within it although only just are the two best performances of the festival, from Adle Exarchopoulos and La Seydoux. I guess what Im trying to say, however badly, is that the films entire theme is a neurotic obsession with suffering. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); FOR ALL THAT LOVE THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS THE ACTRESSES. Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) is a movie that changed the film industry. 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. 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 . We see her struggles and we see her attempts to work through them. And moreover, if there is an answer, Kechiche should say what the fuck it is, since hes spent the entire film exploring how humans operate on an intimate level. French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche first wanted to explore the story of a school teacher due to his preoccupations with social class. Samir also sees this, and tries to comfort her. The swirl of hostility, accusations and counter-accusations, retribution and jeering from the wings that has enveloped Blue is the Warmest Colour, the French erotic epic that was the toast of last year's Cannes Film Festival, makes most of Hollywood's catfights look pale by comparison. If we were to use this logic, what's the point in enjoying anything? He chases after her but goes in the wrong direction, while Adle walks off into the distance. We live in a time where most of us demand instant gratification. Out of loneliness, Adle sleeps with a male colleague. This movie was considered controversial due to its erotic scenes and taboo storyline. He cares about the character of Adele, and wants her to be happy (maybe thats the reason for his strange dedication) but restrains himself from doing it more than he has. ''In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. In the movie it shows the progression of two characters who are go through pursuit of love, sex, and career ambition. We SHOULD know what happens to Adele. he said. Change). 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. Imo, Adele is too abstract and stubborn to find her way alone. 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. Yet the film undeniably and searingly captures the branding power of great love, the alchemy between two people whose chemistry will always be explosive. Now after seeing it several times I am cool with it. He himself has admitted to being pessimistic in interviews. [97][98], Jul Maroh, the author of the graphic novel upon which the film was based, said, "It appears to me this was what was missing on the set: lesbians. That being said I would love to see any uncut footage that might fill in the story gapslike what happened to Valentin? We SHOULD know what happens to Valentin. 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. Im just saying theres no reason for him to leave it vague, other than if he just ran out of energy. [105] At Cannes it also won the FIPRESCI Prize. Not according to him. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. But the saga has left Kechiche feeling deflated. Despite the critical praise the movie received in 2013, its release was somewhat overshadowed by controversies over its production. Although the ending is not clearly define, its just how Kechiche wants to leave it. He could ''retrieve the young man I was at one point'', but he also wanted to mark the point of generational change. [36], Upon its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Festival, a report from the French Audiovisual and Cinematographic Union (Syndicat des professionnels de l'industrie de l'audiovisuel et du cinma) criticised the crew's working conditions. Name another contemporary movie that is solely interested in the world of a young woman -- and that spends nearly three hours exploring it. Emma discovers the cheating and furiously breaks up with Adle. Sorry. Kechiche is 52. "[29], In late 2011, a casting call was held in Paris to find the ideal actress for the role of Adle. While Emma talks to this young woman, Emma turns and grins sheepishly at Adele, just before Lise greets Adele. In fact, in his interviews, Kechiche says I like Adele and can see her living to an advanced age, but not I can see her getting together with someone and being happy. This shows pretty well that he doesnt care about the characters and merely uses them as a means of manipulating his audience. nicely written and I appreciate this blog cause you can say the same about Emma that you wished for Adele. [39] Exarchopoulos later said of the rift: "It was real, but it was not as big as it looks. At least for now, she has to turn her back on Emma, and face the world with a clean start. Adle and Emma grow closer and kiss at a picnic. 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. The distributor was struggling to reverse this situation. but honest and appropriate. HI!! It cannily reveals the charms and dangers of loving an artist. [102][103][104] Kechiche dedicated the award to "the youth of France" and the Tunisian Revolution, where "they have the aspiration to be free, to express themselves and love in full freedom". Just by the way humans operate, some moment of happiness, some way of Adeles dealing dealing with her huge Emma-based problem (which the ending he gives only compounds!!! 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 . Needless to say, I was pretty frustrated when the movie ended. [74], In The Daily Telegraph, Robbie Collin awarded the film a maximum of five stars and tipped it to win the Palme d'Or. I remember the first time I watched it, (on Netflix) cuddled up with my partner sharing a healthy snack of buttered popcorn and an xtra large hot fudge sundae (with peanuts!! She dates men but finds no satisfaction with them sexually, and is rejected by a female friend who she does desire. [9][10][11], At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d'Or from the official jury and the FIPRESCI Prize. "[70] On Metacritic, which assigned a score of 90 averaged from 57 reviews, the film received "universal acclaim". Nothing Maroh said could douse the critics' rapture, however. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. . Please try again later. Its like the ending of the series THE SOPRANOS, which ends abruptly with a black screen. 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