He chases after her but goes in the wrong direction, while Adèle walks off into the distance. Adèle congratulates Emma on her success and, after a brief conversation with Samir, leaves. Emma acknowledges Adèle but is focused on Lise and the other guests. On one wall is a nude portrait of Adèle that Emma painted during their time together. The two part with apologies and tears.Īdèle attends Emma's art exhibition. She tells Adèle that she no longer loves her, but that their relationship was special and she will always have 'infinite tenderness' for her. Emma and Adèle kiss, but Emma withdraws, although she admits she does not feel sexually fulfilled.

Emma is in a committed partnership with Lise and helps raise Lise's three-year-old daughter. Adèle is happy with her job as a kindergarten teacher but has not moved on: she is still deeply in love with Emma. Three years later, the two meet at a restaurant. Emma discovers the cheating and furiously breaks up with Adèle. Out of loneliness, Adèle sleeps with a male colleague. Emma comes home late, having spent the evening working with Lise. Their relationship grows tense as they have little in common. Emma spends more time at the party with Lise.Įmma belittles Adèle's career but encourages her to pursue writing, while Adèle insists she is happy the way she is. Samir discusses America with Adèle while the others discuss sex, and the two become friends. At one party, Adèle meets Emma's pregnant colleague Lise, gallery owner Joachim, and aspiring actor Samir. Adèle becomes an elementary school teacher, while Emma tries to advance her painting career by throwing frequent house parties. In the years that follow, the two women move in together. Some of Adèle's old friends attend her surprise 18th birthday party, but Emma does not. Emma's artsy family welcomes Adèle, but Adèle tells her conservative, working-class parents that Emma is her tutor for philosophy class. They later have sex and begin a passionate relationship. After Emma shows up at the school, Adèle's friends suspect her of being a lesbian and ostracise her.Īdèle and Emma grow closer and kiss at a picnic. The blue-haired woman, art student Emma ( Léa Seydoux), is there and intervenes, claiming Adèle is her cousin. Adèle later leaves and enters a lesbian bar, where some women flirt with her. Béatrice says she doesn't want to proceed further and tells Adèle to forget the kiss.Īdèle's best friend, the openly gay Valentin, takes her to a gay dance bar. After having vivid fantasies about the blue-haired woman while masturbating and kissing Béatrice, one of her female friends, Adèle becomes troubled about her sexual identity.

She sleeps with Thomas, a boy from school, but is ultimately dissatisfied and ends their relationship. She passes an older woman with short blue hair in the streets one day and is instantly attracted. Īdèle ( Adèle Exarchopoulos) is an introverted 15-year-old high-school student.

Many critics declared it one of the best films of 2013. 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. The film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. 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. Īt the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d'Or from the official jury and the FIPRESCI Prize. Much of the controversy was about allegations of poor working conditions on set by the crew and the lead actresses, and also the film's raw depiction of sexuality. The film generated controversy upon its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and before its release. Approximately 800 hours of footage were shot, including extensive B-roll footage, with Kechiche trimming the final cut to 179 minutes. Production began in March 2012 and lasted five months. The film's premise is based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Jul Maroh. It depicts their relationship from Adèle's high school years to her early adult life and career as a schoolteacher. The film follows Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom as an aspiring painter, Emma (Seydoux), enters her life. Blue Is the Warmest Colour ( French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 French pronunciation: ) is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

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