The story of a young girl named Adèle who's rolling in the deep of love. Fuckin' class. Thomas is no Brad Pitt. Yummy bolognese! Autobus chit-chat. Gypsy music is the shit. Blue-hair-stare. Lunch and a movie. An erotic dream. A sex-cop. A fuck. After-coutis-cuddling. A blue-bench break-up. Fuckin' protesters. Adèle's mysterious side. Schoolyard tonsil-hockey. Alice's ass. Bathroom rejection. Love has no gender. Bull-Dyke-Beer. A fun day at the park. Bob Marley was a cool mother fucker. When was the first time you tasted a girl? 7 minutes in Heaven. Dancing in the streets. Fuckin' parents. Here's to love. Proof eating oysters makes you want to fuck. A surprise birthday party. The way Emma smiles. Philosophy is so fuckin' awesome. Adèle's…

Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winning film has been constantly overshadowed, first by its controversial and explicit sex scenes and then by the accusations of Kechiche’s questionable practices by his own cast and crew. It is a shame that the discussion has shifted away from the obvious qualities that Blue is the Warmest Colour possesses as this is one of the most intimate and nakedly honest coming-of-age dramas of recent years.

The original French title - La vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 - perfectly captures the essence of the film. It is merely two short chapters in the life of the film’s protagonist, Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), on her journey of self-discovery. Adèle is an awkward yet hungry teenager who…

The heavy criticisms of this film against its straight male gaze are clearly justified. While there are surely women who enjoy those scenes as well, the context certainly reveals that these scenes were made with the prurient desires of cishet men in mind. The improbability of some of the scenes shows who this is for. And that detracts heavily from the film, but the truth is, it's more than just the sex scenes.

This is the lesbian Call Me By Your Name.

An underage girl--that the film makes sure we know is underage--begins a relationship with an older woman, and in the end, she's crushed by it. It's melancholy and supposedly sweet and about maturation and love and... blah. Knowing…

We usually associate love with the color red (thanks to Wong Kar Wai, maybe). But for Adele, love came to her as short blue hair. Since then, almost everywhere she looked, she saw blue. Flowers stood out more, jeans were highlighted, the sky devoured her vision. So if she considers blue as the warmest color, who are we to correct her? The film invites us to see the world through Adele's eyes, and feel the infinite tenderness that she received from Emma. Whenever there's an emotional gap between the couple, the color fades. When they touch, the entire city seems to be painted over. It's evident that Emma's influence on Adele is absolute, now imagine that influence being forcefully ripped…