Blue is the Warmest Colour is a romance, drama film rated 18, about high school student Adele who is confused about her sexuality until she meets a young blue haired woman who together explore social acceptance, sexuality and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship.
This film is based on a French graphic novel which was originally named "Blue Angel". Two thirds of the film are similar to the film however the ending is different to the book.
Budget: 4,000,000
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Opening weekend: $100,316 (USA)
Produced by: Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
Production Company : Quat'sous Films Wild Bunch
Released: 22nd May 2013 (Cannes Film Festival), 11th October 2013 (USA), 22nd November 2013 (UK)
Starring: Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
Léa Seydoux is a French actress who started her career in French cinema in films like The Last Mistress (2007) and On War (2008) and has also appeared in Hollywood films including Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Robin Hood (2010) and has won 15 awards.
Adèle Exarchopoulos is a French actress who started her career in 2007 with her appearance in Boxes. She is the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour.She also received a total of 37 other nominations for her performance as a lesbian teenager who plunges into a relationship with a 22-year-old woman.
The majority of this film is filmed in the North of France with a small amount filmed in Brussels, Belgium.
It has won a total of 83 awards whilst being nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
Lesbian sexuality is one of the strongest themes of the film, as the narrative deals mainly with Adele’s exploration of her identity in this context. However, the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality has been questioned by academics, due to its being directed from a straight, male perspective. Film scholar Sophie Mayer suggests that in Blue is the Warmest Colour, "Like homophobia, the lesbian here melts away. As with many male fantasies of lesbianism, the film centres on the erotic success and affective failures of relations between women". The issue of perspective has also been addressed in a Film Comment "Emma's supposedly sophisticated friends make eager remarks about art and female sexuality that seem to mirror the director’s problematic approach toward the representation of women".
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