Fresh
Blue is the Warmest Colour is too exceptional a film to be defined by its controversy.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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Blue Is the Warmest Color
Overview
Adèle'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, finds herself.
Director and cast
- Abdellatif Kechiche Director
- Léa Seydoux as Emma
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adèle
- Salim Kéchiouche as Samir
- Aurélien Recoing as Adèle's Father
- Catherine Salée as Adèle's Mother
- Benjamin Siksou as Antoine
- Mona Walravens as Lise
- Alma Jodorowsky as Béatrice
- Jérémie Laheurte as Thomas
- Anne Loiret as Emma's Mother
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An astounding, complex film about the ecstasy, the danger and the beauty of love.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
One of the year's best films.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
A love story so erotically charged that it short circuits our higher functions.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Forget the controversy and see Blue is the Warmest Color for what it truly is: a warm and compassionate ode to the vagaries of the heart.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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