She so completely embodies the essence of an unconscious and earthy beauty that it feels as if we are spying on an actual life. Though the character is clearly the stronger one, the tougher one, the actress allows room for softness as well.Įxarchopoulos, only 19 though she’s been acting since 2007, is remarkable to watch. audiences from her roles in “Inglourious Basterds” and “Midnight in Paris,” brings a sort of existential elegance to Emma. Seydoux, 28, who will be more familiar to U.S.
Much attention is paid to the shape of that particular pain - Adèle’s face etched by tears, eyes red, nose running, desperation palpable.
But the distance in their ambitions, the intellectual drifting apart, is what begins the fraying. That hesitance will lead to some of the film’s friction. Unwilling to tell her parents or her friends about Emma, even as they become a couple, move in together, years pass. More telling is Adèle’s internal conflict. There are the expected moments - the taunts of Adèle’s classmates when they first spot Emma. It’s always there in his work, starting with his 2003 breakout, “Game of Love and Chance.” But he’s getting better at the nuances of the narrative. It’s an intriguing and intimate look at two people at their most elemental and vulnerable.Īs unrestrained as Kechiche is in filming the love scenes, he shows a good deal of care in handling the issue of sexual orientation.
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The affair is between women, but “Blue” does not play like an exploitation movie about lesbians in love. The sex scenes are graphic, extensive and earned “Blue” an NC-17 rating. Still, there are inherent difficulties for this much-praised film. They should have both performances are exceptional. The film not only won the prized Palme d’Or for its director at Cannes this year, but in a relatively unprecedented move, the actresses won as well. But the richness of the film comes in the ordinary details that get equal focus - the way a plate of spaghetti is consumed or a stray hair brushed out of a face. The realities of the relationship cross sexual, intellectual and social lines precisely and provocatively. The look and the dialogue have that rare quality of being ethereal and at the same time fully grounded. It is certainly the most painful.Īdèle and Emma are soon together again, and much of the film will be spent on their connection both sexually and emotionally. Although both of their stories are explored, the film is driven by Adèle’s journey. The moment quickly passes, only to be picked up again later. It begins with a glance on a busy street. PHOTOS: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’: The women, the scenes, the director In matters of self, Adèle is unsure, Emma is certain. They are both beautiful but in different ways - Adèle, completely unaffected Emma, her hair streaked blue, quite aware of her effect. The younger girl wants to teach kindergartners the older is an emerging painter of some significance. It soon intersects with Emma (Léa Seydoux), a college art student. The story starts with Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a 15-year-old high school student in the midst of figuring out life. The truth of its emotionally raw, romantic drama is eternal and universal. Loosely based on Julie Maroh’s superbly illustrated graphic novel and adapted for the screen by Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix, it traces the life cycle of a relationship beginning to end. The moral of “Blue Is the Warmest Color” is simple: Sex without love is nothing life without love is even less.įrench filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche’s story of sexual awakening and real love stretches over 10 years.
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