It is implied that the two had known each other for years, and had become reacquainted during the party. Adèle is still very deeply in love with Emma and despite the powerful connection that is clearly still there between them, Emma is now in a committed partnership with Lise, the pregnant woman at the party they threw a few years earlier, who now has a young daughter. The two eventually meet again in a restaurant. Time passes and although Adèle finds satisfaction in her job as a kindergarten teacher, an indescribable sadness begins to overwhelm her. Emotional complexities manifest in the relationship and Adèle, in an impulsive moment of loneliness and confusion, sleeps with a male colleague.Įmma becomes aware of the brief fling and kicks Adèle out of their apartment, leaving Adèle heartbroken and alone. They gradually begin to realise how little they have in common. Adèle feels ill at ease among Emma's intellectual friends though Emma encourages her budding writing talents, Adèle feels more comfortable under her wing and seemingly has no desire to be anything other than the person she was when they first met. Adèle finishes school and joins the teaching staff at a local elementary school, while Emma tries to move forward with her painting career. In the years that follow, the two women live with each other as lovers. Emma's artsy family is very welcoming to the couple, but Adèle tells her conservative, working-class parents that Emma is just a tutor for philosophy class. They later have sex and begin a passionate relationship. Their bond increases and before long, the two share a kiss at a picnic. Despite the backlash, she becomes very close to Emma. Adèle's friends suspect her of being a lesbian and ostracize her at school. They become friends and begin to spend more time with each other. The woman is Emma, a graduating art student. The blue haired woman is also there and intervenes, claiming Adèle is her cousin to those pursuing Adèle.
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After some time, Adèle leaves and walks into a lesbian bar, where she experiences assertive advances from some of the women. One friend, the openly gay Valentin, seems to understand her confusion and takes her to a gay dance bar. 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. 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. While crossing the street one day, she passes by a woman with short blue hair and is instantly attracted.
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It is the first film to have the Palme d'Or awarded to both the director and the lead actresses, with Seydoux and Exarchopoulos becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion to have ever won the award.
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The film revolves around Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom when a blue-haired aspiring painter (Seydoux) enters her life.Īt the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d'Or from the official jury and the FIPRESCI Prize. Blue Is the Warmest Colour ( French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 – "The Life of Adèle – Chapters 1 & 2"), also known as Adèle: Chapters 1 & 2, is a 2013 French romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.