Blue is the Warmest Color, Ooh Lah Lah

The French film, Blue is the Warmest Color is this year's winner of the Palme d'Or and has sent tongues wagging.  Dir./screenwriter, A. Kechiche has created a film that is sexually steamy & sensual on all burners.  The intimate lesbian lovemaking scenes are passionate, tender & explicit.  The viewer becomes a voyeur to the sexual awakenings of Adele (Adele Exarchop) a high school student who is drawn to (Emma) a slightly older art student involved in a relationship with another woman.  Adele is confused about her sexual orientation but when these women cross each other's path, their visceral attraction is immediate.  Both actresses' give tour de force performances.  When Adele's high school friends see her with Emma they turn on her, making her a social outcast.  When Emma rids her hair of blue dye, her eyes turn brown & her love turns cold.  However, the sensuality in this film is palatable.  The sex scenes are intense but so are the daily pleasures of eating, dancing, and savoring the outdoors.  The anguish of heartache is just as real and emotional.  This is movie making that transcends the screen and heightens the senses.  The cinema runs over 3 hours.  Blue is tres magnifique although I felt I forfeited 3 hours indoors when I should have been living my lift to its fullest.