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Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

"To love."

2013

3h 0m

7.1(4938 votes)

Romance

Drama

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.

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Production Companies

Wild Bunch

SCOPE Pictures

France 2 Cinéma

RTBF

Vértigo Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Léa Seydoux

Léa Seydoux

Emma

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle

Salim Kéchiouche

Salim Kéchiouche

Samir

Aurélien Recoing

Aurélien Recoing

Adèle's Father

Catherine Salée

Catherine Salée

Adèle's Mother

Benjamin Siksou

Benjamin Siksou

Antoine

Mona Walravens

Mona Walravens

Lise

Alma Jodorowsky

Alma Jodorowsky

Béatrice

Jérémie Laheurte

Jérémie Laheurte

Thomas

Anne Loiret

Anne Loiret

Emma's Mother

Creative team

Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Written by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Ghalya Lacroix
Produced by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Vincent Maraval

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