Blue Is the Warmest Color

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

NC-17

2013

2h 55m

Drama

Comedy

LGBTQ+

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A French teen (Adèle Exarchopoulos) forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student (Léa Seydoux) she met in a lesbian bar.

Critics Consensus

Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Color offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama.

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Kate

Autostraddle

06/14/2021

I am sad to report that I was underwhelmed and uncomfortable, and all too familiar with the tropes at play, none of them creatively handled.

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Tammy Oler

Bitch Media

01/20/2021

Exarchopoulos and Seydoux are constantly undercut by Kechiche's direction, which often seems more about his directorial desires than the motivations of the story's protagonists.

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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

02/22/2019

The most discomfiting thing about Blue [Is The Warmest Color] is that it ultimately feels like a menage a trois involving the actors and the camera, staged for the benefit of the director.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/13/2024

The story itself is captivating but also heartbreaking and emotional. It’s one that everyone can relate with, despite sexual preference.

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

07/25/2023

Blue is the Warmest Colour was the first time many queer women were able to see two women in a romantic relationship in popular media. It’s a shame those characters weren’t treated with respect.

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

02/07/2023

Abdellatif Kechiche takes all the time in the world to narrate the emergence and possible sentimental catastrophe of this young couple... [Full review in Spanish]

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Kylie V.

@RT33243795 May 23

Watched this over & over again when it first came out. Completely obsessed & excited to revisit it. Definitely a one of a kind film.

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Ed S

@jamesonbueno May 2

An elegant performance by Exarchopoulos notwithstanding, the film is overall obvious and tedious and should come with a warning about the graphic eating scenes.

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Suren S

@SurenSepanta Jan 31

This movie wasted my money and time. It had no meaning it was all about eating ass nothing special don't waste your money.

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Lorraine V

@LorraineViana3 Dec 16

O filme é péssimo com uma historia arrastada que não vai nem para um lugar ou outro, quase três horas de filme para nada, se tem uma coisa que brilha são as atuacões estão de parabéns. Filme que ficou mais famoso por causa das cenas exageradas de sexo do que a própria historia em si.

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@RocoSeer Nov 7

The Blue of First Love

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Veronika K

@RT25311021 Aug 2

Go in blind, be somebody

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Abdel Kechiche

Director

Léa Seydoux

Emma

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle

Salim Kechiouche

Samir

Mona Walravens

Lise

Jérémie Laheurte

Thomas

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Synopsis

A French teen (Adèle Exarchopoulos) forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student (Léa Seydoux) she met in a lesbian bar.

Director: Abdel Kechiche
Producer: Abdel Kechiche, Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua
Screenwriter: Abdel Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, Julie Maroh
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Quat'sous Films, Vertigo Films, Wild Bunch, Scope Pictures, RTBF, France 2 Cinéma
Rating: NC-17 (Explicit Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2016
Runtime: 2h 55m
Aspect Ratio: CinemaScope (2,35:1)