Short synopsis : Adèle, a 15-year-old high-school student, meets a mysterious, blue-haired girl in the street. A passionate and chaotic love story has begun...

Long synopsis : 15-year-old Adèle dreams of finding the love of her life. When she meets Thomas - a dark, handsome, friendly stranger who falls for her instantly - her dream seems to have come true. But an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. Adèle imagines that the mysterious, blue-haired girl she encountered in the street slips into her bed and possesses her with an overwhelming voluptuous pleasure. She can no longer deny her true desires - Adèle likes girls. Then the gorgeous, sensual blue-haired girl reappears. and approaches her. A passionate and chaotic love story has begun... The tender, provocative and deeply moving “Blue is the Warmest Colour'' sees Abdellatif Kechiche returning to the themes of youth, desire and love he depicted so powerfully in his multi-award-winning “Games of Love and Chance” .

Cast

• Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Jérémie Laheurte, Alma Jodorowsky, Mona Walravens, Fanny Maurin

Crew

• Producer(s): Brahim Chioua, Abdellatif Kechiche, Vincent Maraval
• Director(s): Abdellatif Kechiche
• Screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix, Julie Maroh
• DP: Sofian El Fani
• Editing: Sophie Brunet, Ghalia Lacroix, Albertine Lastera, Jean-Marie Lengelle
• Original Music: Jean-Paul Hurier

• Original Title: LA VIE D'ADELE CHAPITRES 1 & 2
• Genre(s): Adult, Drama, Erotic, LGBT


• Production company: QUAT SOUS FILMS
• Production date: 2013
• Language: French
• Duration: 179 min
• Image Ratio: 0.00

• Festival de Cannes 2013 - Competition
  Award(s) : Palme d'Or
• Telluride Film festival 2013
  
• Busan International Film Festival 2013 - World Cinema
  
• Tokyo International Film Festival 2013
  
• Golden Globes 2014 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best Foreign Language Film
• BAFTA Awards 2014 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best Film not in the English Language
• Chicago International Film Festival 2014
  
• César Awards 2014
  Award(s) : Most Promising Actress
• European Film Awards 2014 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best Film & Best Director
• Goya Awards 2014 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best European Film
• Independent Spirit Awards 2014
  
• Munich International Film Festival 2013
  
• New York Film Festival 2013
  
• T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival 2013
  
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2013
  
• Toronto International Film Festival 2013 - Special Presentations
  
• Reykjavík International Film Festival 2013
  
• Mumbai Film Festival 2013
  
• Ventana Sur - European Film Week 2013
  
• San Sebastian Film Festival 2013
  Award(s) : FIPRESCI Film of the Year