Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Blue is the Warmest Color

Actors:  Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Rating:  8 out of 10, This was a movie my daughter really liked but was leery recommending to me.  First of all it’s French and that’s never a good starting point for me but it does have an overwhelming amount of female nudity so the French factor was mitigated.  It’s a coming of age flick about a young girl who meets her true love (who happens to be another woman) and follows their relationship for the next decade or so.  Despite all the subtitles and the length (really long) this is a very engaging film about the essence of true love not tied to societal norms and that a relationship need more than great passion in the long run.  The director ensured that the color blue was represented in every scene which became an interesting game to note after spotting this.  The film is very explicit as the camera is for extended periods brought right into the various writhings going on and it had my wife running to close the curtains so the neighbors wouldn’t be exposed to our depraved viewing of French anatomy.  If you’ve got the time and aren’t offended by graphic nudity – a great movie.

MVP:  Exarchopoulos as the confused and semi-tragic Adele

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