RomanceDrama

Blue Is the Warmest Color

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.

Release Date : 2013-10-09

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wild BunchSCOPE PicturesQuat'sous FilmsFrance 2 CinémaRTBFAlcatraz FilmsVértigo Films

Production Country : BelgiumFranceSpain

Alternative Titles : Blue Is the Warmest Color

Cast

Character Name : Emma

Original Name : Léa Seydoux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adèle

Original Name : Adèle Exarchopoulos

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samir

Original Name : Salim Kéchiouche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adèle's Father

Original Name : Aurélien Recoing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adèle's Mother

Original Name : Catherine Salée

Gender : Female

Character Name : Antoine

Original Name : Benjamin Siksou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lise

Original Name : Mona Walravens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Béatrice

Original Name : Alma Jodorowsky

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thomas

Original Name : Jérémie Laheurte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emma's Mother

Original Name : Anne Loiret

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma's Stepfather

Original Name : Benoît Pilot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valentin

Original Name : Sandor Funtek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amélie

Original Name : Fanny Maurin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Laetitia

Original Name : Maelys Cabezon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samir

Original Name : Samir Bella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Tom Hurier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manon

Original Name : Manon Piette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eli

Original Name : Quentin Médrinal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Peter Assogbavi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wisdom

Original Name : Wisdom Ayanou

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Teacher "Marivaux"

Original Name : Philippe Potier

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Teacher "Antigone"

Original Name : Virginie Morgny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joachim

Original Name : Stéphane Mercoyrol

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucie

Original Name : Lucie Bibal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Meryem

Original Name : Baya Rehaz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marilyne

Original Name : Marilyne Chanaud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camille

Original Name : Camille Rutherford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mika

Original Name : Michael Skal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piou Piou

Original Name : Sandrine Paraire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flavie

Original Name : Flavie De Murat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justine

Original Name : Justine Nissart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vince

Original Name : Vincent Gaeta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth

Original Name : Elizabeth Craig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kader

Original Name : Karim Saidi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sabine

Original Name : Aurelie Lemanceau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Audrey

Original Name : Audrey Deswarte

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mejdi Ben Nasr

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Hichem Ben Nasr

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Janine Pillot

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Antoinette Sarrazin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alain Duclos

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Éric Paul

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Catherine Gilleron

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leila D'Issernio

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean Luc D'Isserno

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Selim Boukerfat

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Oscar Pinelli

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Léa Berkat

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nicolas Bourgasser

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Camille Ayoras

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frédéric Wolsztyniak

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Halima Slimani

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Viktor Poisson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Utrillo

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Radhouane El Meddeb

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Julien Bucci

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alika Del Sol

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Maud Wyler

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Marc Schaegis

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Olivier Verseau

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Manou Poret

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Klaim Nivaux

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chloé Malih

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ilyès Qada

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bouraouïa Marzouk

Gender : Female

Reviews

kineticandroid

@kineticandroid

2021-06-23

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.

tmdb47633491

@tmdb47633491

2021-06-23

I became obsessed with Adele Exarchopoulos after seeing this. Didn't even have to look up that spelling. I ordered a custom-made 32" x 48" ish sized poster of her for my apartment that's still around somewhere. I'm pretty sure I tried to find her on snapchat. Thanks for reading.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-08-24

"Adèle" (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a bit of a fish out of water at school. She doesn't quite fit in and finds the whole "boy" thing a bit of a turn off. Luckily the school also has it's extrovert in the blue-haired "Emma" (Léa Seydoux). She is shunned by her classmates because of the perception that she is just too eccentric for the normal kids, but "Adèle" finds her fascinating. Striking up a friendship, she soon discovers that there is more to be had from this alliance: something that comes with plusses and minuses and introduces her to the extremes of joy and pain. It's an obsession, an infatuation - an addiction, even, for "Adèle" but does "Emma" reciprocate. Is she looking for the same things from their relationship? Now, I'd have to say that there is no need for this story to take three hours to tell. At times it's a bit soapy, repetitive and moves as glacially as our own real-life experiences might have done - and who wants to relive them in real-time? That said, director Abdellatif Kechiche takes his time to carefully craft the characterisations of the women and of their families and the boys who are on the periphery of the girl's maturing personalities. There emerges an effective and engaging dynamic between the pair as the path of their true love most certainly doesn't run smoothly, and with some pithy dialogue and just a little raunchiness now and again, this is a better than average story of the challenges of an awakening spirit conflicted, hormonal and confused. It's worth a watch, but it can be a bit of a slog at times.