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Blue Is the Warmest Color

NC-17·2013·180m

Romance

Drama

Romance

Drama

Summary

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

Cast

Léa Seydoux

Emma

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle

Salim Kéchiouche

Samir

Aurélien Recoing

Adèle's Father

Catherine Salée

Adèle's Mother

Benjamin Siksou

Antoine

Mona Walravens

Lise

Alma Jodorowsky

Béatrice

Jérémie Laheurte

Thomas

Anne Loiret

Emma's Mother

Benoît Pilot

Emma's Stepfather

Sandor Funtek

Valentin

Fanny Maurin

Amélie

Maelys Cabezon

Laetitia

Samir Bella

Samir

Tom Hurier

Pierre

Manon Piette

Manon

Quentin Médrinal

Eli

Peter Assogbavi

Peter

Wisdom Ayanou

Wisdom

Philippe Potier

French Teacher "Marivaux"

Virginie Morgny

French Teacher "Antigone"

Stéphane Mercoyrol

Joachim

Lucie Bibal

Lucie

Baya Rehaz

Meryem

Marilyne Chanaud

Marilyne

Camille Rutherford

Camille

Michael Skal

Mika

Sandrine Paraire

Piou Piou

Flavie De Murat

Flavie

Justine Nissart

Justine

Vincent Gaeta

Vince

Elizabeth Craig

Elizabeth

Karim Saidi

Kader

Aurelie Lemanceau

Sabine

Audrey Deswarte

Audrey

Mejdi Ben Nasr

Hichem Ben Nasr

Janine Pillot

Antoinette Sarrazin

Alain Duclos

Éric Paul

Catherine Gilleron

Leila D'Issernio

Jean Luc D'Isserno

Selim Boukerfat

Oscar Pinelli

Léa Berkat

Nicolas Bourgasser

Camille Ayoras

Frédéric Wolsztyniak

Halima Slimani

Viktor Poisson

Utrillo

Radhouane El Meddeb

Julien Bucci

Alika Del Sol

Maud Wyler

Marc Schaegis

Olivier Verseau

Manou Poret

Klaim Nivaux

Chloé Malih

Ilyès Qada

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Abdellatif Kechiche

Graphic Novel

Jul Maroh

Screenplay

Ghalya Lacroix

Reviews

kineticandroid

June 21, 2014

Apart from the NC-17 sex scenes, the buzz of this film made me think it was going to be about the two people on the poster. But from the first frame, it's really just about one — Adele. So much film is spent focused on her face that it's easy to lose contact with other characters and the world around her. But in doing so, I felt very drawn into her thought process, which made the story of her romance to Emma that much more powerful, despite the language barrier and the relationship's keen specificities. Being so drawn in proved very helpful during the breakup scene. On it's own, you see a woman scorned and the sad stupidity of her unfaithful lover fighting a lost cause. But because we know so much about that unfaithful lover, I felt worse, because I know what led her to this place and was sad she couldn't articulate it in the moment. It added to what I think is the film's major achievement -- showing how an ecstatic love like Emma's and Adele's can end up feeling so isolating.