Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Blue Is the Warmest Colour French La Vie dAdle Chapitresamp The Life of Adle Chaptersampis a 2013 French romantic comingofage drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Adle Exarchopoulos and La Seydoux. The film revolves around Adle Exarchopoulos, a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom when a bluehaired aspiring painter Seydoux enters her life. The film charts their relationship from Adeles high school years to her early adult life and career as a school teacher. The premise of Blue Is the Warmest Colour is based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name by Julie Maroh, which was published in North America in 2013. Production began in March 2012 and lasted six months. Approximately 800 hours of footage was shot, including extensive Broll footage, with Kechiche ultimately trimming the final cut of the film down to 179 minutes.

Adle is an introverted 15yearold highschool student whose classmates gossip constantly about boys. While crossing the street one day, she passes by a woman with short blue hair and is instantly attracted. She dates a boy at her school for a short while and they have sex, but she is ultimately dissatisfied and breaks off their relationship. After having vivid fantasies about the woman she saw on the street and having one of her female friends behave flirtatiously towards her, she becomes troubled about her sexual identity. One friend, the openly gay Valentin, seems to understand her confusion and takes her to a gay dance bar. After some time, Adle leaves and walks into a lesbian bar, where she experiences assertive advances from some of the women. The blue haired woman is also there and intervenes, claiming Adle is her cousin to those pursuing Adle. The woman is Emma, a graduating art student. They become friends and begin to spend more time with each other. Adles friends suspect her of being a lesbian and ostracise her at school. Despite the backlash, she becomes very close to Emma. Their bond increases and before long, the two share a kiss at a picnic. They later have sex and begin a passionate relationship. Emmas artsy family is very welcoming to the couple, but Adle tells her conservative, workingclass parents that Emma is just a tutor for philosophy class.In the years that follow, the two women live with each other as lovers. Adle finishes school and joins the teaching staff at a local elementary school, while Emma tries to move forward with her painting career. Adle feels ill at ease among Emmas intellectual friends and Emma belittles her teaching career, encouraging her to find fulfillment in writing. Adle enjoys playing the stereotypical feminine role in their relationship but Emma becomes physically and emotionally distant. They gradually begin to realise how little they have in common. Emotional complexities manifest in the relationship and Adle, in an

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