Original Title: La Vie d'Adèle Chapitre 1 et 2
Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Aurelien Recoing, Lea Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche
Running time: 179 mins
Adèle, played by Exarchopoulos, is the main character of the story. She was a young woman in the beginning of this almost three hour drama and a mature one in the second part. A student in the beginning and a teacher in the end. Adèle is confused about her sexuality, she thought she likes men but in the end she realizes that only another woman can make her happy, inside and outside.
After a stroll at the gay bar, she get to know Emma (Lea Seydoux) an art student. They both light a spark and become lovers. First Adèle must face discrimination from her friends and her own feeling, but then as their relationship moves over a "stable" one the problem is not over. Emma's shining career and her dominating intelligence makes Adèle feels lonely and underachieved. The loneliness leads to events that will define her personality and future. The second part felt a bit like The Kids Are All Right (2010), surprisingly it is also about lesbian couples trying to be loyal to each other.
The duration is long, sometimes it is too long and the sex scenes is very graphic. I wonder must this one overly use the graphic sex scene? I think eight minutes for that is too long, what's the point if not to "incite" arousal? If it wants to show emotional connection or how lesbian couples can have "many" ways to satisfy each other, then a four minute scene is enough.
However the acting is amazing, it feels like natural and for the viewer we can sympathize with the characters. Emotionally absorbing, Blue takes the audience to learns that even for lesbian couples, it wasn't easy to stay in a stable relationship.
Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Aurelien Recoing, Lea Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche
Running time: 179 mins
Adèle, played by Exarchopoulos, is the main character of the story. She was a young woman in the beginning of this almost three hour drama and a mature one in the second part. A student in the beginning and a teacher in the end. Adèle is confused about her sexuality, she thought she likes men but in the end she realizes that only another woman can make her happy, inside and outside.
After a stroll at the gay bar, she get to know Emma (Lea Seydoux) an art student. They both light a spark and become lovers. First Adèle must face discrimination from her friends and her own feeling, but then as their relationship moves over a "stable" one the problem is not over. Emma's shining career and her dominating intelligence makes Adèle feels lonely and underachieved. The loneliness leads to events that will define her personality and future. The second part felt a bit like The Kids Are All Right (2010), surprisingly it is also about lesbian couples trying to be loyal to each other.
The duration is long, sometimes it is too long and the sex scenes is very graphic. I wonder must this one overly use the graphic sex scene? I think eight minutes for that is too long, what's the point if not to "incite" arousal? If it wants to show emotional connection or how lesbian couples can have "many" ways to satisfy each other, then a four minute scene is enough.
However the acting is amazing, it feels like natural and for the viewer we can sympathize with the characters. Emotionally absorbing, Blue takes the audience to learns that even for lesbian couples, it wasn't easy to stay in a stable relationship.
This is not just "find the love of your life" or "find someone else if a relationship fails", this is a character study. It feels like they can never get the love they used to have after it all broke down into pieces. Isn't it sad and makes you think: am I going to have the love of my life? Or it has passed away and I will never get it back again?
1 comment:
I agree,,, Blue is the warmest collor..., nice movie blog
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