Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d'Adèle)

Showings

Bijou by the Bay Sat, Aug 2, 2014 5:00 PM
Sponsored by:
Marcia & Rich Evans and Ruthanne & Mike Wilson
Film Info
Section:Foreign
Release Year:2013
Runtime:179 min.
Rating:NC-17
Production Country:France
Original Language:French
Subtitles:English
Web Site:http://blueisthewarmestcolormovie.tumblr.com/
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Léa Seydoux
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Salim Kechiouche
Aurélien Recoing
Catherine Salée
Benjamin Siksou
Director:Abdellatif Kechiche
Produced by:Brahim Chioua
Abdellatif Kechiche
Vincent Maraval
Laurence Clerc
Genevieve Lemal
Olivier Thery-Lapiney
Screenwriter:Abdellatif Kechiche
Ghalia Lacroix
Cinematography:Sofian El Fani
Editing By:Ghalia Lacroix
Albertine Lastera
Jean-Marie Lengelle
Camille Toubkis

Description

Adèle (played by an unforgettable 19-year-old Adèle Exarchopoulos) comes of age in one of the most explosive, intense, masterful, and quintessentially French films you’re ever likely to see. The first Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner to deal with LGBT issues, based on Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, and infamous for its sexually explicit encounters between the two actresses, this epic story of love is not a single frame longer than it should be. Beautifully paced from the introduction of the high school protagonist and her electric first encounter with blue-haired punk artist Emma, and on through the years, as class, career, flirtations, and time erode their love. The sheer power of the truth acclaimed director Abdellatif Kechiche reveals about the ache of tumultuous relationships will leave you breathless and transformed.