Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) La vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (original title)

Popularity:

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Director:

Abdellatif Kechiche

Writers:

Abdellatif Kechiche (scenario, adaptation and dialogue) &
Ghalia Lacroix (scenario, adaptation and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

9 October 2013 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Adele'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 and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.

Plot Keywords:

Date | Young Woman | High School Student | High School | Student

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 97 wins & 78 nominations

Cast

Léa Seydoux	...	Emma
Adèle Exarchopoulos	...	Adèle
Salim Kechiouche	...	Samir
Aurélien Recoing	...	Père Adèle
Catherine Salée	...	Mère Adèle
Benjamin Siksou	...	Antoine
Mona Walravens	...	Lise
Alma Jodorowsky	...	Béatrice
Jérémie Laheurte	...	Thomas
Anne Loiret	...	Mère Emma
Benoît Pilot	...	Beau Père Emma
Sandor Funtek	...	Valentin
Fanny Maurin	...	Amélie
Maelys Cabezon	...	Laetitia
Samir Bella	...	Samir
Tom Hurier	...	Pierre
Manon Piette	...	Manon
Quentin Médrinal	...	Eli
Peter Assogbavi	...	Peter
Wisdom Ayanou	...	Wisdom
Philippe Potier	...	Prof de français 'Marivaux'
Virginie Morgny	...	Prof de français 'Antigone'
Stéphane Mercoyrol	...	Joachim
Lucie Bibal	...	Lucie
Baya Rehaz	...	Meryem
Marilyne Chanaud	...	Marilyne
Camille Rutherford	...	Camille
Michael Skal	...	Mika (as Mickael Skal)
Sandrine Paraire	...	Piou-Piou
Justine Nissart	...	Justine
Flavie De Murat	...	Flavie
Vincent Gaeta	...	Vince
Elizabeth Craig	...	Elizabeth
Karim Saidi	...	Kader
Aurelie Lemanceau	...	Sabine
Audrey Deswarte	...	Audrey
Mejdi Ben Nasr
Hichem Ben Nasr
Janine Pillot
Antoinette Sarrazin
Alain Duclos
Eric Paul
Catherine Gilleron
Leila D'Issernio		(as Leila D'Isserno)
Jean-Luc D'Isserno
Selim Boukerfat
Oscar Pinelli
Léa Berkat
Nicolas Bourgasser
Camille Ayoras
Frédéric Wolsztyniak
Halima Slimani
Viktor Poisson
Utrillo
Radhouane El Meddeb
Julien Bucci
Alika Del Sol
Maud Wyler
Marc Schaegis
Olivier Verseau
Manou Poret
Klaim Nivaux
Chloé Malih
Ilyès Qada
Bouraouïa Marzouk

Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche

Writing credits
Abdellatif Kechiche		(scenario, adaptation and dialogue) &
Ghalia Lacroix		(scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
Julie Maroh		(adapted from: the comic book "Le Bleu est une couleur chaude" by)

Produced by
Brahim Chioua	....	producer
Laurence Clerc	....	co-producer
François Guerrar	....	associate producer (as François Hassan Guerrar)
Abdellatif Kechiche	....	producer
Vincent Maraval	....	producer
Olivier Théry-Lapiney	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Sofian El Fani

Film Editing by
Sophie Brunet
Ghalia Lacroix
Albertine Lastera
Jean-Marie Lengelle
Camille Toubkis

Casting by
Sophie Blanvillain
Bahijja El Amrani

Set Decoration by
Coline Débée		(assistant set decorator)
Julia Lemaire

Costume Design by
Paloma Garcia Martens

Makeup Department
Frédéric Balmer	....	special makeup effects artist
Jessica Oberli	....	special makeup effects artist
Pierre Olivier Persin	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Diana Angulo	....	post-production manager
Diana Angulo	....	production manager
Amandine Lagache	....	assistant production manager
Benoît Pilot	....	production manager
Antoine Rabaté	....	post-production manager
Nora Thomas	....	assistant production manager: Scope Pictures

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frédéric Alexandre	....	assistant director
Bahijja El Amrani	....	second assistant director
Monya Galbi	....	first assistant director
Roxane Guiga	....	trainee assistant director
Auriane Lacince	....	first assistant director
Nicolas Turek	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Niels Barletta	....	sound mastering engineer
Mélanie Blouin	....	additional sound editor
Romain Cadilhac	....	boom operator
Milène Chave	....	boom operator
Jérôme Chenevoy	....	sound mixer
Raphaël Devillers	....	sound mix technician
François Fripiat	....	dialogue editor
Marie Giustinati	....	assistant post-synchronisation editor
Renaud Guillaumin	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Denis Martin	....	sound
Johann Nallet	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Fabien Pochet	....	supervising sound editor
Xavier Remy	....	boom operator
Caroline Reynaud	....	sound editor
Caroline Reynaud	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Clément Trahard	....	boom operator
Joey Van Impe	....	dialogue editor
Elias Vervecken	....	foley artist
Jean-Louis Viroux	....	foley editor
Roland Voglaire	....	supervising dialogue editor
Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Cyrille Bonjean	....	co-vfx supervisor
Gaël Durant	....	visual effects production manager
Philippe Frère	....	lead digital compositor
Thibaut Granier	....	visual effects
Morgan Hardy	....	digital compositor
Laurent Launes	....	visual effects artist
Marie Maulet	....	digital compositor
Guillaume Pondard	....	digital effects
Loïc Poës	....	visual effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Cecile Ancelin	....	assistant camera
Catherine Briault	....	additional camera operator
Bertrand Etienne	....	digital imaging technician
Sébastien Goepfert	....	camera operator
Serge Hannecart	....	camera operator
Xavier-Emmanuel Lesage	....	assistant camera
Frida Marzouk	....	lighting technician
Sylvain Phan	....	second assistant camera
Nicolaos Zafiriou	....	additional camera operator

Casting Department
Judith Chalier	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvie Letellier	....	costumer
Dorothée Lissac	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Elie Akoka	....	colorist
Adélaïde Basson	....	post-production assistant
Perrine Bekaert	....	additional editor
Marc Boucrot	....	colorist
Pauline Casalis	....	additional editor
Alissa Doubrovitskaïa	....	post-production assistant
Vanessa Eid Akoka	....	post-production coordinator
Marcela Figueroa	....	assistant editor
Kévin Laperrière	....	assistant editor
Marie Silvi	....	additional editor
Cyrielle Thélot	....	additional editor
Elie Tisné	....	colorist assistant
Sarah Zaanoun	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	composer: additional music
Elise Luguern	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Anne-Marie Billon	....	production administrator
Kader Bouallaga	....	location assistant
Jonathan Degras	....	assistant location manager
Julie Grumbach	....	assistant director preparation
François Guerrar	....	publicist: France
Nicolas Honorez	....	production manager assistant
Gaëtan Hugnet	....	post-production assistant
Ronaldo Mourao	....	publicist: international
Martin Neufkens	....	production accountant (as Neufkens Martin)
Vanessa Ragueneau	....	production secretary
Phil Symes	....	publicist: international

Thanks
Etienne Grandou	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Quat'sous Films
• Wild Bunch
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Scope Pictures (co-production)
• Vértigo Films (co-production)
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Ciné+ (participation)
• France 2 (FR2) (participation)
• Eurimages (support)
• Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)
• Pictanovo Nord-Pas-de-Calais (support) (as Pictanovo)
• France Télévision (participation)
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (support)
• Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (support)
• Scope Pictures

Distributors

• Wild Bunch (2013) (worldwide) (all media)
• Arthouse Traffic (2013) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Cinema Without Frontiers (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2013) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Comstock Group (2014) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2014) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Lucky Red (2013) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Métropole Films Distribution (2013) (Canada) (theatrical) (Québec)
• Shaw Organisation (2014) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• StraDa Films (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sundance Selects (2013) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Transmission Films (2013) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Média Kft. (2013) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Vértigo Films (2013) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Distribution (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• bf Distribution (2014) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2014) (USA) (DVD)
• Edko Films (2014) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Film Europe (2013) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Film Europe (2013) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Film1 (2014) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Kurmaca Film (2013) (Turkey) (all media)
• Leopardo Filmes (2013) (Portugal) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2013) (Thailand) (all media)
• Moving Turtle (2013) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East & North Africa)
• NDMantarraya (2013) (Mexico) (all media)
• Pancinema (2014) (South Korea) (all media)
• Twin Pics (2014) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2014) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Twin Pics (2014) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Gouden Palm Winnaars Collection with "Dancer in the Dark" and "Amour")

Other Companies

• Alcatraz Film  executive production
• Film Factory  digital color grading
• Guerrar and Co.  publicity: France
• PR Contact, The  publicity: international

Also Known As:

"La vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2" - France (original title)
"Adèle's Life" - International (English title) (informal literal title)

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

France | Belgium | Spain

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (5.1 surround) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:R18+ | Belgium:16 | Brazil:18 | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Chile:18 | Czech Republic:15 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:12 (with warning) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Hungary:18 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R18+ | Japan:R15+ (cut version) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Russia:18+ | Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:16 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (certificate #48596)

Filming Locations:

Lille, Nord, France

Company:

Quat'sous Films

Trivia:

Both Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos have stated that they will never work with Abdellatif Kechiche ever again.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In one of the classroom scenes when Adele is walking down an aisle of desks there is a bump from the mic pack in the bottom of the back. In the next shot there is a glimpse of the mic pack moved to her left hip.

Quotes:

Adèle:You're talking crap in front of everyone! I'm not a lesbian!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Brows Held High: Beauty and the Beast: Part 2 (#4.12)" (2014)

Soundtrack:

Home Lands

The life of Adele

This year's Palm d'Or winner is a coming of age story about a teenage girl, Adele (the literal title in French is The Life of Adele), who discovers her homosexuality and begins a relationship with Emma, a college student. For a while, I was thinking this was a good but fairly unremarkable entry into the queer cinema canon, but, over the film's three hours, well, you see why the long running time was necessary. It is just a very detailed picture of a life. It feels more real than most films - it feels like more time has past and that we've just felt Adele's growth. Frankly, I didn't feel the length of it at all - I wanted it to be longer. It really helps that the actresses are so perfect. Adele Exarchopoulos is simply fantastic - this is the performance of the year, really. Her face is so expressive. The film takes place over several years, and you really do see her grow from a child to an adult. Lea Seydoux plays Emma. Her role is less demanding, but she's still great in it. Now, the biggest story of this film has probably been the graphic sex scenes. My opinion on them: I actually do think they're a bit too graphic, gratuitous and almost pornographic. I try to justify them artistically in my mind, and I'm afraid I can't. There's a plot point near the end where you kind of have to know that the girls' sex life was fantastic, but I'm not sure we had to see it in anywhere near as much detail as we did. They're without a doubt awkward to sit through, but they don't ruin the film either.