page_title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos et Vincent Maraval à la cérémonie des prix Lumières 2014
context_page_description: Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film follows Adèle, a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom as an aspiring female painter Emma enters her life. The film charts their relationship from Adèle's high school years to her early adult life and career as a school teacher. The premise of Blue Is the Warmest Colour is based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Julie Maroh.
  Production began in March 2012 and lasted six months. Approximately 800 hours of footage was shot, including extensive B-roll footage, with Kechiche ultimately trimming the final cut of the film down to 179 minutes. The film generated controversy upon its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and before its release. Much of the controversy was about claims of poor working conditions on set by the crew and the lead actresses, and also the film's raw depiction of sexuality.
  At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d'Or from the official jury and the FIPRESCI Prize.
caption: Lead actresses Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos and producer Vincent Maraval accepting the award for Best Film at the 19th Lumières Awards.
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