Blue Is the Warmest Color

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

NC-17

2013

2h 55m

Drama

Comedy

LGBTQ+

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A French teen (Adèle Exarchopoulos) forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student (Léa Seydoux) she met in a lesbian bar.

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Critics Consensus

Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Color offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama.

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Kate

Autostraddle

Jun 14, 2021

I am sad to report that I was underwhelmed and uncomfortable, and all too familiar with the tropes at play, none of them creatively handled.

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Tammy Oler

Bitch Media

Jan 20, 2021

Exarchopoulos and Seydoux are constantly undercut by Kechiche's direction, which often seems more about his directorial desires than the motivations of the story's protagonists.

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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

Feb 22, 2019

The most discomfiting thing about Blue [Is The Warmest Color] is that it ultimately feels like a menage a trois involving the actors and the camera, staged for the benefit of the director.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

1 day ago

C+

As this coming-of-age story goes round and round, monotony sets in and we slowly start to not really care where Adèle and Emma get dropped off.

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Christos Tsiolkas

The Saturday Paper

Aug 19, 2026

This is a richly humanist and generous film, but it is also deeply melancholy. Love and desire are not enough, for we are more than our bodies; and we exist in the world outside the close-up.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 13, 2024

The story itself is captivating but also heartbreaking and emotional. It’s one that everyone can relate with, despite sexual preference.

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T D

@RT95331959 Oct 1, 2026

Exquisitely displayed from the main character’s first-hand perspective, following her through every single scene of the film. Honest story of finding love, experiencing love, and falling out of love. Beautifully acted

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Jordan L

@Jojos Jul 11, 2026

Nul , film écrit avec les pieds , aucun rythme , actrice moche.

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aurelia T

@RT03745913 Jun 9, 2026

A film written by a man for men and their fantasies about the sexuality of two women, not a film about love between two women, a brutal and unsensual sex scene.

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Kylie V.

@RT33243795 May 23, 2026

Watched this over & over again when it first came out. Completely obsessed & excited to revisit it. Definitely a one of a kind film.

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Ed S

@jamesonbueno May 2, 2026

An elegant performance by Exarchopoulos notwithstanding, the film is overall obvious and tedious and should come with a warning about the graphic eating scenes.

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Suren S

@SurenSepanta Jan 31, 2026

This movie wasted my money and time. It had no meaning it was all about eating ass nothing special don't waste your money.

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Abdel Kechiche

Director

Léa Seydoux

Emma

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle

Salim Kechiouche

Samir

Mona Walravens

Lise

Jérémie Laheurte

Thomas

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Synopsis

A French teen (Adèle Exarchopoulos) forms a deep emotional and sexual connection with an older art student (Léa Seydoux) she met in a lesbian bar.

Director: Abdel Kechiche
Producer: Abdel Kechiche, Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua
Screenwriter: Abdel Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix, Julie Maroh
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Quat'sous Films, Vertigo Films, Wild Bunch, Scope Pictures, RTBF, France 2 Cinéma
Rating: NC-17 (Explicit Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2016
Runtime: 2h 55m
Aspect Ratio: CinemaScope (2,35:1)

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