This marked the first time in the festival's history that the award was shared between a director and its actors, making Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos only the second and third women (after director Jane Campion) to have won the award. The film holds a "Certified Fresh" 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics' consensus reading: "Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Color offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama".
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adèle — Chapitres 1 & 2) is Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 film adaptation of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel. Centered on the life of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) and her intense relationship with Emma (Léa Seydoux), the film is an unflinching, intimate portrait of first love, self-discovery, and the small mercies and cruelties of everyday life. LINK Download Blue Is The Warmest Colour -2013-
Exarchopoulos gives one of the most visceral performances of the decade. Her grief is not acted but endured . Seydoux brings a magnetic, intellectual coolness as Emma, the blue-haired art student who awakens Adèle’s desire. This marked the first time in the festival's
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 ) is a three-hour epic that chronicles the emotional and sexual awakening of a French teenager named Adèle. The film is celebrated for its raw intimacy but remains a point of debate due to its director's grueling methods and the "male gaze" applied to its lesbian narrative. 1. The Motif of Blue and Sexual Awakening Centered on the life of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos)