Hormonally speaking, it’s essential that the film opens when Exarchopoulos’ Adele is still slogging through high school, all burning desires and deep boredom, the perfect time for her to meet and fall obsessively in love with the slightly older Emma. While “Blue” earned big buzz because of the obvious - its long-form sex scenes, alternately hot and totally exhausting - that only obscures the finer points that Kechiche and his ladies put on the ill-fated romance between Adele and Emma. Léa Seydoux: Intimacy Coordinator Couldn’t Help ‘Insane’ ‘Blue Is the Warmest Colour’ Production “Blue Is the Warmest Color” “ Blue Is the Warmest Color“ Wild Bunch/Sundance SelectsĪbdellatif Kechiche’s rigorously erotic three-hour romance initially spawned Cannes walkouts before picking up the Palme d’Or, split three ways between Kechiche and his stars Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux, proof of the level of dedication all three of them poured into a wild (read: maybe even nightmarish) shoot.
