I’m not going to talk about LGBT issues in terms of its issues in society, to focus on what the director wanted to show.
I watched a few short interviews about what the director says about this movie, what he wanted to say. He likes young people to live with their enthusiasm. He likes youth energy. He says that his generation is not like that, that he is more closed to this world. That is, in the end, he wanted to show how they are now loved, and chose the category of youth. It's a relationship between two people, not two girls (in terms of being lesbian). He showed us how we live and love now. That this same-sex love doesn't matter is a tribute to the times. This is the love of two people.
For me, the most profound theme of this tape is not the ability to love. Unbridled child in search of love. Love is replaced by pleasure, which is not the same, and plunges Adele into the abyss of suffering, where in the end there is one. The relationship with Emma ... is a bright segment of her life, just where in all its glory appears her competence in the matter of relationships. She thinks love is a passion, and her absence is always trying to fill in with a new partner. She's not learning this simple craft. A lifelong lesson.
P.S.
In terms of filming, frames, light, the film turned out to be tasty, tender, smooth, beautiful.
Expectations and desirability: poorly drawn heroes.
I expected more from this movie. I imagined that it would be a more vivid love story (in fact, the development of the heroines’ relationship is shown somehow very superficially and too quickly). In my opinion, this love story could be so beautifully demonstrated, for example, in the scenes where Emma draws Adele, where she introduces her to art, where she introduces her to her spiritual world. An adult creative person with formed views and a schoolgirl - what is not a rich ground for imagination?
Moreover, the main character is poorly drawn. Throughout the film, we see friends telling Adele that she is special, that there is a mystery in her. Perhaps the author wanted to make the heroine this way (?), but he failed. It turned out only a girl with an ever-open mouth, a frightened look, a stupid hairstyle with an unnaturally breaking out strand, and an eternal desire to fill the void with food or sex.
The character of Adele can only elicit sympathy.
It also seemed that Emma’s character was too idealized. Too kind and accepting. It would be much more interesting to see the manifestations of her violent temperament.
I would like to write about bed scenes. They're good. But in some places, Adele's eyes could read the thoughts, "When will this be over?"
In general, a very good idea and a bad, superficial embodiment of it.
Adele’s life is a film about growing up and knowing yourself through love, as stated in the description of the film. However, I’m not sure that Adele comes to know at the end of the film. I had the impression that she was still lost in this world.
The first time I saw this film was at a night festival of French cinema, I think about seven years ago. However, after a long time, the memories of the film disappeared and, in fact, I watched it from scratch. Separately, I can note the long bed walls that adorn the film, but the narrative itself did not cause much response.
In addition, the film is terribly long and watching it at some point becomes banal boring. At the same time, critics praised the work, noting the film and heroes with many awards, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival. The choice of this movie is up to you.
Your love is important to parents, friends and the prospect of becoming a parent.
The film is certainly psychological. The main heroine, still naive today within the framework of superficial ideas about the relationship between the sexes, gets the experience of growing up, entering into relationships with a person older than herself, and getting acquainted with the world that go beyond her usual socio-cultural relations. Close-ups, multiplied by the magnificent performance of the actress, create a portrait of an emotional, receptive, open new experience of a girl who makes discoveries for herself, thanks to the activity of other people. Yes, she is passive, as a beautiful girl can be passive, receiving signs of attention from the outside. Her appearance and inner content, formed on significant books about romantic relationships, create fertile conditions for love, which she eventually receives, and also worries from the fact that she may not be available to the maternal role, gets confused in attachments and genders, suffers, hides her secret, is disappointed, jealous. The film completely and completely corresponds to the genre of melodrama. But whether it corresponds to the high rank of laureate and prizes, I do not care. I watched the film without prejudice, with pleasure and interest.
How do you recognize love in yourself? I think that’s the question the director of this film is trying to answer. Can he do that? The question is open, and everyone has their own answer.
For no less than 3 hours of picture time, you seem to penetrate the consciousness of the main character and experience her emotions as your own. It doesn’t matter what gender you are or your orientation. You can feel Adele's emotional hesitation. I think this is a victory for the film, because it can fulfill the main task of art - to evoke true emotions.
It is worth noting that the film is filled with colorful and memorable images: what is only cornflower-colored hair of Emma, the same bright lenses in her eyes and the eyes of her new companion - which, in my opinion, is a symbol. People are shown to be alive and natural, there is no idealized picture. The painting conveys the atmosphere of France and freedom of expression, shows the struggle both external and internal: with their prejudices and hidden desires.
I think the author was able to convey the main idea, albeit a little long way. Love is multifaceted, but it can not be confused with anything, but despite all its power, it will be destroyed at the click of your fingers.
This review for those who saw the annotation - thought that this movie - promotion of non-traditional values. It's an incompetent and soulless agitation for idiots.
Friends.
Comrades.
That's right.
Not really. Not exactly.
The film is really a little long, but it can be forgiven for the interesting footage of the unusual life of not quite typical schoolchildren, because usually schoolchildren do not discuss literature on buses and do not go to bars. Strongly caught the eye of some minor characters, for example, the best friend and classmate of the main character of a strange origin, who can afford to go to a gay club and even order something there. At his age I could hardly afford a jaguar.
But Adele and her friend are nice to watch all three hours. Scenes of female sex and eating pasta are top. Discussions of Schiele and female orgasm, too. Not that it’s difficult, but the director manages to captivate, shooting Adele and everything related to her. And even sometimes to cause emotions.
In general, the agitation turned out to be nothing pretending, but certainly not soulless. And it’s definitely no worse than that new developmental delay anime that your second candidate is watching today.
And if your TV does not connect to the browser directly or if you have parental control or you have a rabid girlfriend, then this is a working way to watch the pron.
8.5 out of 10
As one review put it, “This is not a revolution, but the result of the long evolution of cinema.” First of all, I really like same-sex love movies that don't have that emphasis on disadvantaged minorities. Yes, there are a couple of moments in this film, but they were important here to reveal Adele’s character, not to highlight social injustice. Although I was a little surprised that if you remove homosexual overtones from the film, then there will be a banal melodrama, of which millions have already been shot.
But if you remember that this film was released in 2013 on the wave of legalization of same-sex marriage in Europe, you immediately see the political subtext in the film. But along with it, the film organically combines social, cultural and physical themes.
The plot is not very dynamic. Yes, with the love line in the end, everything is clear, but the essence is not only in it. Emma and Adele belong to different social strata. The family is the first to eat oysters and drink expensive wine, in a simple working family Adele almost every day for pasta dinner. While meeting Emma's friends, Adele realizes how different she is from her friend's world. But any Adele encounters with the outside world invariably end in very detailed bed scenes. After all, as they say, before sex, everyone is equal:
The film is full of close-ups. Almost all three hours we are at a distance of one step from the heroes and have the opportunity to observe tears in great detail with all the ensuing (in every sense) details.
I was fascinated by how natural the actors looked in the shot. It seemed that it was just materials from the family archive, the game did not feel at all.
In general, it is worth a look.
The film attracted me with its intriguing description and, of course, its poster. The expectations were probably too high. To say I am disappointed is to say nothing.
But everything in order. At the center of the story is a girl named Adele. A quiet schoolgirl who loves books and literature classes has a few girlfriends and the sympathies of an attractive guy. As for the guy, I want to point out that the actors are poorly selected. The young man who likes Adele does not look like a schoolboy. Same thing with her high school girlfriends - it's hard to believe these guys are underage. The inconsistency spoils the impression and prevents immersion.
But back to history. Under the yoke of girlfriends, the main character decides to reciprocate her boyfriend. I would like to note that the dialogue in the film is completely empty and depressing - it is difficult to believe that the characters communicate with each other on their own, and not languishing with boredom.
While waiting for her boyfriend for one of the meetings, Adele notices a maiden with blue hair, which causes wild interest in her. So wild that in the evening the heroine languishes with desire that we are obligingly shown from the screen.
Having discovered a new one, Adele, nevertheless, enters into contact with her young man, but since the girl’s thoughts are filled with others, their relationship does not last long and she is abandoned.
A casual kiss on the stairs with one of her friends only spurs Adele’s conviction of her own homosexuality, but since her girlfriend gives her a turn, explaining that it was nothing serious, our GG is sad and her friend, wanting to support her, leads her to a gay club, where Adele meets a blue hair.
Speaking of characters, I don’t like Adele. She is a boring, emotionless character who has no serious hobbies or aspirations. She wants to connect her life with working with children and that's probably the only thing she's good at - with kids Adele gets along. Otherwise, she is disliked - she lies, she is selfish, she ignores her friends, abandoning them and not answering their questions if something hits her bad head. Adele's remarks are boring, there is a feeling that she does not know how to maintain a conversation, especially the viewer likes to be tormented by the sight of her mouth ajar and long pauses - probably they wanted to convey her tendency to long thinking, but something completely different happened. There is a feeling that Adele is mentally ill and does not fully understand her actions.
Emma is a much nicer character, the girl with blue hair. It is interesting to watch her, she is shown as an adult, independent woman who clearly understands what she wants from life. Her passion is art and she lives in his world. I do not see the points of contact between Adele and Emma at point-blank range - they have nothing to talk about, they have no common interests, and understanding, alas, they reach only in bed.
Adele and Emma's relationship, to me, is kind of ridiculous. In fact, the girls only had sex. I did not see love - there was no relationship development and the scene of the first sex was shown sharply and unexpectedly.
The work of the editor did not like very much - from such close shots and rapid changes of locations you begin to get tired very quickly. Here the heroine introduces her passion to her parents, but the girls actively love each other in the next room.
A lot of extra moments - how the heroine dines, washes, goes home, etc. All of this can be easily cut.
A huge drawback of the film is the timing of three hours. Three hours. It's incredibly long, and the movie is stuck. It could easily be cut in half.
1 point is ready to put the film for Emma - without this character, the film would be quite unbearable and 1 point for beautiful scenes of eroticism - it was really nice to watch.
Bottom line:
The film in general and Adele in particular did not like it. I will stretch my fingers and write why.
1. Passive hero. From the principle: 'Whoever calls - there and go ' She doesn't know what she wants. It’s like he wants everything! (except seafood). And when you have to make a decision (whether it’s to break up with a guy at school) or take responsibility for your actions (a scene discussing infidelity) – tears. She likes to cry.
// Points 2 and 3 are no longer in reproach, but with understanding. //
2. It is obvious that A. (in contrast to E.) was ashamed of his preferences and relationship with E. You can see that at the family level. Dinner at the parents E. Drink to love! Dinner at Parents A. Thank you for helping with philosophy! The profession may also be affected. Still, the image of a primary school teacher is somewhat more constrained than the image of a free artist.
3. And implementation. I don’t know how the relationship would have developed without cheating. For some reason, it seems that they would not last long anyway. Well, somehow the heroines do not match. Matched on a physical level - yes, hence sexual relationships that are superior to those with other partners. But spiritually... I think they were interested at first because of their difference. But then - A. continued to stand still (cooks and ' realizes herself in living with E.'); Emma, we're getting bored. Still, during the party with her ('intelligence.') friends A. looked foreign.
6 out of 10
This is the finest film about modernity. It is possible not to read the delaises and bodilyars, not to know anything about postmodernity, but to watch this film and understand, or rather to feel what is happening (for modernity is not about reason - it is a feeling into being). Everything about modernity is there.
Purposelessness, lack of willpower
Adele is neither good nor bad. Not good or evil. Not smart or stupid. She's no good. Adele is beautiful. Adele is aesthetic. Beauty and emptiness. Adele is a beautiful cow, grazing on being. She doesn't know what she wants, she doesn't know what she likes, oysters or pizza, boys or girls. Adele is a question of being without the slightest answer. In ' Outsider' Camus was some kind of tragedy, there is no tragedy - here rhysomatic existence (smooth current horizontal time - without emissions into the vertical), volition (antitriumph of will - the destruction of the myth of modernity), sliding surface (screen - non-convex being) - this is very precisely about modernity, strikingly accurate.
Sex
When I first watched a movie in a movie - 2 hours spit on endless scenes of sex, by the end began to see. This is exactly what you need to show - textured, physiological, juicy, aesthetically, unexciting. There's no sexuality, there's no mystery, there's no understatement, there's no play, and in modern times, sexuality as a concept is dying. There remains an orgasming surface, machines of desire (Deloise), eternally unsatisfied libido, sublimation of longing for eternity by longing for orgasm, physiological nostalgia. These scenes are needed, they are necessary there and in the form that is filmed there. Adele as an orgasming modernity.
Creativity is routine
I also found Bergman allusions. Of course, there is no such number of dichotomies as in 'Persona' and this is not necessary here, but one duality is very well revealed, namely the clash of creativity and everydayness, or rather the absorption of ordinaryity by creativity. Where does the will come from? In the creative subject, who creates himself, but no longer as a project of himself in Sartre (this is in fact still modernism - forward orientation), but rather as a fait accompli, creativity as a beautiful round of rhizome, a pot on being, does not create an objective meaning, but gives the meaning of existence to the subject himself. Creativity devours the ordinary. A girl with blue hair devours Adele like a barracuda little fish. The tension between creativity and routine flows into sexual tension, see paragraph 2. But globally they are not in the way, they part. . .
Personal
I took this film very personally. And Adele reminded me of someone, and I saw myself in Adele. She's very nice to me, deeply touches me. The brilliant ending, where after the exhibition she just goes into the distance - it is physically painful for me to watch, I want to return her, console her, give meaning, revive her. ' The Life of Adele' from that rare movie that can touch. Not everyone, of course, but if he doesn't touch the soul, let him touch the mind. It's deep and subtle, subtle and deep.
Abdelatif Kesheesh, of course, is good, since he is not afraid to express pressing problems with his works with the film ' The Life of Adele' he clearly did not lose. What are the reviews of high-ranking critics from the most authoritative publications, who saw in the shown story a breakthrough, phenomenon, passion, insanely insightful melodrama and other adorning epithets, while the director put another award of random association on his shelf. As a result, the collection of prizes turned out to be impressive - 85, and if you consider that the film was not selected on the Oscar & #39; from France, you can add at least one more in your mind. Well, all of a sudden, there would be a golden statuette, especially if you look today, where tolerance has made crazy progress. After all, ' The life of Adele' at first inspires its grandeur, which stands out and attracts: almost three-hour tape about a young girl and her hard way to her own happiness, shrouded in love drama, is already not bad for attracting attention and gathering the audience. And when it turns out that the main ingredient of the melodrama is blue-haired Emma, in general interest goes off the scale! It is interesting to see the true vision of the love of two women, a triumph in terms of sexuality, supported by both money and feedback. How can that bribe...
In fact, 'The Life of Adele' is no breakthrough, no triumph. Kesheesh's film is an ordinary melodrama, aimed rather at an audience spreading with delight from the conditional 'Twilight'. If you replace Adele or Emma with any man, then your own name of the film ' Life' will turn into a household life, not framed by quotation marks. It will become a typical life situation, familiar to a person purely because of considerations, because the romantic cycle from there is unlikely to cause admiration for anyone, as from Shakespeare or Brontev passions. It's a template of life, not even a movie template. After purely casual conversations about the first love in the literature class at school, the main character Adele herself becomes a slave to the surging feeling, but initially does not understand it, as a result of which she is looking for an answer either through a high school student Tom, or through an uncomfortable friend-temptress. And a chance meeting with Emma finishes her from the inside, and how great everything turns out that love turns out to be mutual. It seems that the soil is not bad, given the grotesquely attractive image of a pale-dead thin mistress with a clouded look and the rejected attitude of others towards her, this feeling has neither appearance nor social status, as the director would say. A beautiful message, but there is no trace of it in the future.
The fact is that Emma, despite the appearance of a drug addict with experience, is quite intelligent, enlightened and visually respected person. A man who knows nothing about the philosophy of existentialism and the visual arts. Someone who will be interesting to listen to anyway. At first, everything happened, but because of Kesheish’s specific tendency to accentuate the camera lens on the physical side of love, the film passes along the red border separating hard eroticism and pornography (and for the latter, the tape was criticized for improbability, which was expressed among others by the author of the novel-source Julie Maraud). Almost, between the girls stretched three scenes of sex, released after all the different days spent. Well, that's fine, but it seems that each of them just needs a basic instinct. Communication, walks and other leisure are crowned with a bed, and it does not matter, for example, that Emma had a girlfriend who would throw herself away from the plot. For some reason, the path to a relationship according to the director is formed through sex. They've just met, but they're already enjoying each other. What if Keshish thought so? Then somehow quite rude and tasteless. And even though the relationship is diluted with life (still the film is called ' Life of Adele', and not ' Melodrama Adele' or something like that), they do not differ in something special, the cycle-template acts and does not cease to show ordinaryity, slowly and surely moving to the expected end.
Obviously, the movie wants to speak out about LGBT. But it turns out flat and very uncultured. The authors elevate the non-traditional, and heterosexuals are deprived of both mind and conscience. Adele’s school friends, without taking a cigarette out of their lips, ask only something like ' Well, fucked?', ' What, licked her hairbag?', ' Are you a dyesdog?'. Same with Tom - it seems that he was specially picked up by a trivial dumbass who would suck up music, and he didn't read books. At least she's finishing school. And the essence of a fleeting relationship with him - oddly enough, sex almost immediately after meeting. And the LGBT community, on the other hand, is good: they will talk about expressionism, and their parents understand it, and there is no foul language in their speech (how culturally they talk about orgasm!). They are beautiful, and they are drawn to you. Fake, fake. Heterosexuals have no chance at all. Everything happens, but such an extreme in a socially important film does not please. At first it seems that lesbians are good because they are not cattle, which is why Adele is attracted to them and to Emma. But even in the shackles of blue love, it is not revealed. The heroine, for unknown reasons, is exposed as an ordinary and unremarkable slut, and the attitude towards her and her uniqueness is dissipated. For how can one empathize with a completely morally devastated heroine? Let her read Pierre Marivaux and selflessly loves children, along the way sweetly protruding rabbit teeth when smiling, she needs nothing but sex. Does the director think that all love is in him? Well, he's kind of right, but it's kind of rough again.
Of course, there is no denying that for all the casualness and odiousness of what is happening, ' The Life of Adele' is a good film in terms of narrative. His story he broadcasts, focusing on logic, and does not cause unnecessary questions on actions or words. The creators wanted to show life - they succeeded. Not without the last share of participation of the actors, sometimes the film is based solely on the charm and charm of Adele Exarchopoulos and Leia Saidu. But no more than that, the movie did not turn out out of the ordinary, and it is confirmed when viewed from the point of view of ignorance about any awards and positive criticism. The film will only teach people like Adele, those who know how to get back when they’ve already lost it. In rough interpretation in the context of work - those who are slackers or womanizers. And all teenage love will be passable, bodily feelings are much more important than true experiences about the first kiss, parental misunderstanding, and diary pages that capture Adele’s life, which will remain veiled.
And Abdelatif Kesheesh seems to have just done business. Fees of festival and age-restricted films are impressive - almost five times the payback of the budget. Neither before nor since has he earned so much and is unlikely to make any money because of the harassment scandal. But his art house creation should not be overestimated. It could have been better.
I have never been particularly attracted to arthouse dramas with social overtones, nor to awards like golden branches and other Oscars personally, I have always cared - my own opinion has never depended on a handful of critics. However, I could not pass by this picture, I do not know what prompted me to buy Blu-ray, probably a low selling price and a very stylish cover. I was not disappointed, given that there were no expectations at all. ' The Life of Adele' is a beautiful film about love, about passion, about obsession, about jealousy, about people in the end, and only last but not least about lesbian relationships.
The whole story revolves around a young girl named Adele and covers several years of her life, starting from high school. Adele is a very ordinary person, quite sweet, with certain life goals, but without much ambition. She has an ordinary family, ordinary friends, at school the girl does not stand out for great success, but she can not be called a dumbass either. In general, Adele is our everyday life, the average individual, of which the vast majority are in the world. She does not have a great future, she is not expected to make great achievements, she is just a person. But one day Adele is confronted on the street with a girl with blue hair, who sits firmly in her head, coming to our heroine in dreams and fantasies. Fate again brings Adele with the mysterious Emma - this is the name of the blue-haired stranger - and the girl discovers a new world and new feelings in her face.
'The life of Adele' - the tape is very, very leisurely, filled with many household trifles, and in principle, for the most part, the film consists. Dialogues about everything and nothing, numerous scenes of eating, lively manifestations of emotions - the picture captures some truthfulness of what is happening, creating sometimes a very pleasant atmosphere of warmth and domestic comfort.
It is worth noting that the picture in the film turned out insanely beautiful. Mostly in the narrative, close-ups reign, and it does not matter what exactly is shown on the screen, but the tape is really beautiful, and in all ' naturalistic' there is some kind of attractive aesthetic.
Not to mention the main character, whose name is in the title of the film. Adele, played by Adele Exarchopoulos, is an incredibly sweet and charming girl who falls in love with herself at first sight. Her disheveled hair, eternal swelling (about which the heroine herself jokes at one point) - she is most natural and beautiful.
But I can't say that 'The Life of Adele' it's a perfect movie, by any means. The film omits many of the conflicts that would be interesting to watch by hanging guns that never fire. Adele’s conflict with friends and classmates, her further relationship with her parents, and in general, quite a few questions personally remained unanswered.
To sum up, 'The Life of Adele' I would definitely recommend watching. This is a well-made film, which tells about in principle a small segment of the life of an ordinary girl, who during this time manages to feel as much emotion as some will last a lifetime. Interestingly, the tape does not stand on someone's side, does not point the finger who is good and who is bad, and each viewer will surely have his own attitude to the main characters. Personally, Emma as a character caused not the brightest feelings, and there was always a feeling that Adele for her is just a toy that she uses in every sense. But that's just my opinion.
The beginning of the LGBT movement in 2013. I’ve heard about this movie for a long time, but somehow I didn’t dare to watch it. So it's time. And, reader, I probably wouldn’t have lost anything if I had bypassed The Life of Adele. Although...
I am a teenager, a familiar subject (meaning the current situation in the world). I am more than tolerant of other people. And as an inexperienced person, I am, of course, curious to observe from the sidelines such unusual manifestations of love as shown in the tape. However, the film attracted me not only by its fame, theme, actors, but also by the fact that it is an adaptation of the graphic novel by Julie Maraud. For those who do not know this type of work. A graphic novel is essentially a comic book, only very large. Next. You understand this bias that if a picture is a screen embodiment of the writer’s imagination, then it must necessarily be good and smart. It is a pity that one script is not enough for a film. Am I right? So we came to what spoils the director's creation. This is a camera work with annoying close-ups, which, I hope, carry some sense of edification, but for the common man are torment. This is the inferiority of feelings, an undisclosed plot. Events jump from one to another, do not really show the emotional torment of the main character, played by Adele Exarchopoulos and played very well. To me, the picture seemed superficial with stretched some scenes. And all these mentions of philosophers, writers, artists, conversations on high-society themes do not allow you to believe in the depth of the characters. And the idea of dreams with the object of passion is shown very briefly, but the tape lasts for three hours. Yes, there is a bit of spirituality, I do not exclude. I remember that movie. But, again, the actors pulled everything out with their play, and as such there is nothing supernatural or even just good. That's why they made a palm tree, I guess. And I'm sad about that.
In general, watching teenagers "Adel" can and should. This life is very close to our generation. But prepare for fits of disgust and ignore the heroes' lunches! Good luck.
The film was quite thundering in 2013, but then I somehow did not get the hands to see it.
Now I remembered about him and decided to look, at the same time look for inspiration for a photo shoot. This is where I was disappointed!
The movie sucks. Very lousy. I'm talking about camera work.
First, the operator does not know what the middle plan is at all. At the moment of dialogue people at the table, the camera jumps from one close-up to another, literally peeking into the mouths of the actors. Moreover, actors eat normally, not “beautiful”, but just like in life, so a large and very close-up during a feast is sometimes disgusting. I don’t know what the director or the cameraman wanted to say: are people terrible when they eat?
Secondly, all the dialogues, all the actions, everything is filmed in big and very big plans. Medium and far can be literally counted on the fingers. I do not have a camera education, but even I understand that you can not shoot this constantly, especially on a hand camera, when the slightest movement turns into a giant jump!
Third, you get tired of looking only at faces. In the middle of the film, I caught myself thinking that I can hardly imagine what the second actress looks like at full height. So few shared plans with her. How to look at the full height of the secondary characters generally can hardly be said even after watching the whole movie, you know only their faces and nothing else.
Also, the close-up always implies a certain intimacy between the characters, so I do not quite understand these big guys with those with whom the heroine is clearly not close.
Because of this type of shooting, an already slow film, lasting 3 hours, stretches to all 5. I wouldn’t say that there are extra scenes, no, they are all in their place, but because of the disgusting camerawork, it seems that each scene lasts forever. And yes, some plans are very awkward, as if the operator did not know how to get up.
I also didn’t have enough music in the movie. I don’t understand how from a budget of 4 million euros it was impossible to find at least a student composer who would add atmosphere to the film. And then close-ups, silence and snorting of actors for three hours.
I want to note that the film draws only the play of the two main actresses. Without them, it would be impossible to watch. They perfectly played not only erotic scenes, but also the whole “household”. Believe them, believe that they fall in love with each other, that they really feel all these feelings. Actresses and their play are beautiful, all the nuances convey perfectly. They play for themselves, for an absent composer.
The theme of the film does not cause me excitement or indignation. For me, homosexual relations are normal, so I will not spread or idolize the plot. The plot is, you live it like your own life, regardless of whether the heroines are close to you or not. And the conclusion: it does not matter who you are with, it matters who you are - I think very correct.
I would recommend the film to teenagers between 14 and 15 if it wasn't for our stupid legislation. He perfectly shows the consequences of your decisions in relationships, helps you understand your readiness for them, and answers the question of the difference between maturity and adolescence.
A lot of noise made the French drama “Life of Adele” in the year of its release. Unexpectedly, the drama dedicated to lesbian love receives the Golden Palm branch of the Cannes Film Festival. All the media at that time sucked the news for a long time, especially vehemently this deli of various kinds “Patriotic Media”, accusing the film of promoting perversions and immoral lifestyles. As they say, bad advertising does not exist, and all this hype only allowed to convey to people about the existence of such a film.
The film begins to tell us about schoolgirl Adele. She is at an age when people are looking for relationships, whether romantic or sexual. Adele has a relationship with a guy from her school. This relationship shows too quickly. The only thing we are shown from their relationship is a dating scene, a first date, one sex scene and some time after it, a breakup scene. There is just not enough time for intermediate events: how this relationship developed, why Adele did not consider herself satisfied with sex (from the expression of her face and the way she spoke to her boyfriend after sex, her dissatisfaction was visible). As a result, we can say that this part of the story about Adele is only needed to lead her to the search for new relationships.
Then there is a scene that pushes Adele to reconsider her sexual preferences: while talking with her friend about a relationship, suddenly the girl kisses the main character and quickly leaves. Adele took it seriously and decided to reciprocate the next day, but a friend called it a joke without any romantic or sexual overtones.
From the beginning of the film, we were also shown a mysterious girl with blue hair, which appeared later in Adele’s dreams. This girl is called Emma, the main character meets her by pure chance in a gay bar. Emma from the very beginning is shown as an open lesbian and in general an outstanding personality.
At first, Adele's acquaintance with Emma is shown as a friendship, after which their relationship becomes closer. And here, as in Adele's first relationships, there are not enough intermediate scenes. That is, there is a dating scene, a couple of scenes of communication and some very frank and wonderfully shot scenes of sex. The main plus of sex scenes is incredible passion and sensuality. Actresses here showed not only the beauty of their naked bodies, but also acting, conveying the entire spectrum of feelings with facial expressions and breath from excitement. You already believe that there are feelings between girls.
All would be well, if not a few buts. The first half of the film builds all the relationships of the characters only to show very long and candid scenes of sex. Yes, sex is quite important in storytelling and revealing heroines, but at one point you get the feeling that you are watching explicit pornography. Somewhere in the middle of the film, there are 3 sex scenes, between which, for example, there is an important scene of Emma’s acquaintance with Adele’s parents. It would be possible to show the reaction of parents to the choice of the daughter and possible conflicts from this. But the feeling is that Adele’s parents perceive Emma as a good friend of their daughter, while Emma’s parents know that Adele is her girlfriend.
After the first half, an already long film begins to stall. The relationship between the main characters is very slow. There can only be very interesting scenes that tell about the severity of the perception of betrayal, the severity of separation and the feeling of inability to return the relationship back to the old track.
The film ended up being pretty rough. At first, the actions occur quite quickly and also quickly lead to the main relationships of the main characters. In the beginning, one can understand the omission of intermediate events in the history of Adele’s relationship. But in the second half, when all the sex scenes were shown and the emotional affection of Adele and Emma was shown, it seems that the creators of the film just decided to stretch the film longer. It seems to me that this unevenness could have been corrected by a more detailed description of Adele's relationship in the first half of the film and a reduction of some scenes in the second. Because there they were frankly drawn out.
There are a lot of good things in this movie. The acting of Leia Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos were on top, the sex scenes are sensual and fascinating, the very structure of Adele’s life is very good. But there is clearly a lack of intermediate events. Such an understatement clearly did not benefit the picture. In the beginning, they neglected intermediate events to reveal Adele’s feelings in more detail, in order to quickly approach the relationship with Emma and quickly show scenes of sex. And then everything that was in the first half of the film went to naught.
Adele’s Life is by no means a propaganda of perversion. This is a fairly honest drama with a great potential. And here the sexual orientation of the main characters is not particularly important. The main value of the film is the story of love. That passionate and irrepressible love that can flare up between a man and a girl, even between a girl and a girl.
To be honest, I gave a 6/10 rating to this film. I was reminded of too long sex scenes and understatement in the overall narrative. But then, writing this review, I came to a different opinion. Yes, the film has problems with storytelling, scripting and slippage in the second half. But I will give the film an extra point for its sincerity and for the fact that this story does not apply only to lesbians. A similar story could happen to a boy-girl couple.
This movie is worth watching for everyone. Everyone must decide for themselves: this is a love drama that can happen to every couple; this is purely a description of the relationship between two lesbians; this is supposedly propaganda of homosexual relations, etc.
7 out of 10
Film festivals are not always good. First of all, because it is perceived quite differently than what is played in theaters. In the case of "The Life of Adele" it even goes in a plus.
This is a gentle and sensual French film about the life of a young girl named Adele. About how she knows herself and builds her life since adolescence. It’s hard to say that Adele’s Life is exclusively about lesbianism, because it’s in the background. In the center is only a girl and her attitude. The same emphasis is placed on love and on how dreams and hopes collide with a cruel reality, where every mistake can be fatal, and only if they accumulate enough.
I was initially skeptical of the film because of its long time, but the story is so addictive that it doesn’t feel like it is. “The Life of Adele” looks alive and real, as if we are watching not fictional characters, but real girls. Without a doubt, the method of pseudo-documentary shooting plays a rather significant role in this. Throughout the film show quite interesting camera plans, creating the impression of outside observation.
It is also worth noting the beautiful Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux. The second of them I already knew from “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Lobster” and other films, but the first one was a real discovery, because it looks so ordinary and real that incredibly attracts and makes you feel even stronger. Unfortunately, Adele remained an actress of one role, because the other films with her participation are not so significant, but some I will definitely get acquainted with.
Of the relative disadvantages, excessively long and rather detailed bed scenes can be noted. Why "relative"? Unlike many others, I see nothing wrong with them. This film about real life and sex is an essential part of our everyday life. Moreover, it is filmed beautifully and not perversely. As it is. This is not the pornographic lesbo eroticism that people are used to seeing, because it is usually made for men. It's just sex between two girls. What's wrong with that? The point is that nothing.
Overall, this film is very sensual and pleasant. Yes, sometimes he hurts, but that's life. It should be. I recommend watching for people who love festival movies, over which you can think, and not afraid of long timekeeping. I have no desire to fight him personally.
Debry bed experiments, or in detail pro-infidelity and consequences
For five years I was going to watch this film, because it seems that only recently he won the Cannes Film Festival. As we age, time seems to run like crazy. And I'm no exception. I always look forward to seeing pictures of same-sex love. The subject is painfully slippery, and false. How can you believe something I don't know? Every time there is some kind of advertising and shock.
The story of a girl named Adele, covering about a decade of her growing up - from high school to her established life in a permanent job. The heroine is very sensual, sexy, and looks for (and finds!) partners who can satisfy her. In the pursuit of pleasure, she is forgotten and puts real relationships at risk. Lots of bed scenes, detailed. The movie is three hours long, so watch when you put the kids to bed.
Especially interesting looks from the second half, when Adele grows up, and all her teenage bravado is replaced by maturity and responsibility. And the line between the mentality, intellectual and moral level of the heroine and her woman becomes especially clear. Sex does not solve all problems, as you know. Increasingly, the movies show the crisis of couples who have lived together for several years, when one or both partners begin to cheat. And that usually means breaking up. In real life, I know a lot of couples who live like this. Dissonance in consciousness.
A separate theme in the film is food. Seafood, shawarma, dough envelopes filled with chicken, shrimp and tuna, amazing spaghetti paste with tomato sauce - I need a recipe. I'm more into pasta than oysters. So I can't get along with a bohemian boyfriend either. And also with a moral snob who is able to erase years of intimacy in an instant, drunk with his jealousy. Is it cold out there in the clouds of decency?
So I'm on the heroine's side. It is a pity that she will have to digest all this experience for more than one year in herself, but time will inexorably bring her closer to the moment when five years will seem like one month, and the bad will disappear into the past.
It has long been my opinion that French paintings are the most hardcore, if you can say so. I came across the “Life of Adele” by accident, but still decided to watch the tape of Abdelatif Kesheesh.
And to be honest, I understand people who like this "homosexual" drama. It shows firsthand all the difficulties faced by adolescents with non-traditional sexual orientation. But, personally, it is difficult for me to watch such films, especially given the timekeeping at 3 hours.
The main storyline revolves around high school student Adele, who is trying to find herself in this difficult world. It is especially difficult to have relationships with the opposite sex. The viewer will immediately notice that she is not interested in guys, and the only real friend is a gay man with whom she goes to the appropriate institutions. But here in life there is a blue-haired girl who completely changes Adele’s life. Throughout the film we will see a whole range of emotions - love, passion, eroticism, hatred, disappointment, recognition.
The film will suit those viewers who feel similar experiences to Adele, but the vast majority of people will find everything too vulgar and at times terrifying.
Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux look convincing. Playing a couple of lesbians is quite difficult, given the specifics of the explicit scenes, which are a huge number in the film. It is around the two actresses that all the attention of the director and authors revolves.
Of course, after watching, one has to wonder whether “The Life of Adele” received the golden branch of the Cannes Film Festival. However, the jury is more visible.
I do not recommend watching people who are skeptical of homosexual members of society, the rest of the film should like it.
It's a pretty good melodrama about LGBT minorities. This time the French approach to the European theme. The film shows the classic methods of oppression of minorities, reveals the main character and brings to the head of the viewer a strong problem of feelings and relationships. Perhaps it looks more gentle and graceful, the actresses look perceptive, the definition of their sexual preferences gives not a straightforward and predictable story, but a rather complex and interesting structure.
The school age of the heroes is one of the win-win options for making up the personality of teenagers. The main character has all the elements for building a love conflict. Doubts are well shown, but for fueling the usual hobbies with boys. The film takes the viewer on a trodden path: there are girls discussing boys; there are boys looking at girls. Ordinary life. Yes, schoolgirls look older than their age, but that's true with all the pictures. The characters are always the same age, but the actors do not.
What should be attributed to the turning point? Teenage girls are acceptable. Relationship with the boy: age appropriate, everything in its place. A simple love story that has a short duration. The picture after romance gives episodes of experiences, isolation and gaining a new experience. There is nothing to blame because the situation is complicated. Feelings and tantrums brighten up the process of breakup. But in this turmoil of action, the heroine reveals her thoughts about the relationship with the boy and very accurately explains why there is no craving. It seems like sympathy, and general hobbies, and sex - but somehow crumpled, according to a template. At the same time, the guy doesn't really care. This move throws a stone into the garden of the male sex.
Emma's appearance is a rebirth! This part of the narrative can be described as a rethinking of love, sympathy and affection. Actress Leia Slade was specially made a defiant image so that she attracted attention not only as a secondary hero, but also the viewer noticed her among the crowd. Constant communication, new acquaintances and BAC! - craving for this person. Perhaps, you should not immediately attribute lesbian inclinations, since the characters penetrate each other, reveal their soul, find really their own person. In this picture is similar to “Brokeback Mountain”, since without words the passion is clear.
And here the script hits on all fronts. After meeting, we are immersed in the world of non-traditional sexual orientation. Gays, blades, bis, the whole spectrum. The heroine has discovered a new world. Criticism and bullying do not take long to wait, so it is skillfully shown how Adele’s life has changed. Where are your ex-girlfriends, friends? It is the persecution that characterizes the entire reaction of the public. (How so?)
It shows an excellent dramatic component, which makes it clear that it is time to end with the past. Does the tone of the picture change the course of life? Yes, now, after a while, the film looks into the future, showing what to accept and what to lose.
There are a lot of candid scenes in the picture, and if erotic art projects usually involve open porn. A lot of time is devoted to sexual scenes, which also affected the timing of the tape. No, passion and sex is worth showing, but do not make clips of it for 10 minutes. The film runs for 3 hours, which makes the audience begin to miss places. Everything has been invested in it, it cannot be said that something is missing. The main theme was shown, then, as expected, there is a friend zone and jealousy. It is funny to look at a guy who is just a friend, as an unexpected change in the preferences of the girl introduced everyone into a stupor.
What else did you remember? Final! Oh, yeah! He's perfect. The hard moment is shown a few minutes before the credits, so after that you think, “Are they going to miss this turn?” Not here. The creators did it all the way. It makes no sense to guess after the credits, and there can be no question of any sequel, this is the right ending for such a film. The behavior of the girl, her preferences and insecurity are perfectly set. Atkrisa Adele Exarchopoulos (and Adele's character) liked it on screen. There was a lot of excitement, tears and passion. She's not perfect, she's human. Against her background, Lea Seydoux was anti-sexual. This image is quite suitable for the lesba. The film is full of emotions, but drawn out. Maybe it was intentional, but sometimes you get tired of watching. The film was a success with critics, took awards, as always around sexual minorities a lot of noise.
When the director has nothing to say, he resorts to the simplest, most obvious and primitive themes, trying to paint them in bright colors. Not only is the topic raised in the topic already very worn out, and any teenage conflicts give the tedious experience of a mature prostitute, so the director shot the film in a completely boring way. White is white, black is black, blue is blue. Such simple obvious phenomena for some reason many critics took as a revelation and enthusiastically lifted a palm branch over the head of alabaster Venus.
Three hours of time is the maximum timekeeping for paintings that have a multilayered and scale. In this case, three hours is an extended linear story, in which scenes of a homosexual nature are woven. In the concept of my worldview, there is no difference between the heterosexual embodiment of love and the homosexual, in cinema there is only the embodiment of art and ideas. To consider long-term filming of sex in a feature film the embodiment of art and radical innovation is excessive hyperbole that is not worth considering. Everyone has sex, and if you want to watch people fuck, watch porn. There people do not cover their target with palm twigs.
In the concept of teenage rebelliousness and searches, the film will also not surprise the sophisticated viewer: neither interesting dialogues, nor interesting plot twists, nor drama were noticed. You can safely cut out of the film 1.5 hours of any scene of your choice and the film will not lose anything.
European society is becoming too tolerant, putting the meager problems of a particular person above the ideals of art, which for centuries tried to express the inner conflict of the soul: in idea, in form, in expression.
In the context of “The Life of Adele” we are trying to hint at the imaginary intellectuality, so that the average user does not doubt that the author of the picture knows such artists as Schiele, Picasso, Klimt, as well as draw parallels with literature and philosophy – a trend of the new time, where a couple of unnatural sentences and parallels show us the imaginary depth.
It should be noted that in general, the film looks quite organic, relaxed and natural. All the actors play well, but again, there’s no broad spectrum in the film, so the final question is, ‘What’s so outstanding?’ ?
- Which artist do you know? - Picasso. - And also? - Mmm. Picasso.
I started watching The Life of Adele a few years ago, but I couldn’t finish it. The abundance of bed scenes, long, naturalistic, caused me disgust and gave the impression that I “hold a candle” at the main characters.
Years later, I decided to revisit this film, rewinding particularly drawn-out sex scenes.
The film struck me. A story about an ordinary girl who has a mystery.
Adele is not an intellectual, but she is not stupid. She is not beautiful, but there is something in her.
She grows up in a normal environment, goes to school, she is not alien to the usual values of life about stability, a reliable profession for the future.
Adele is still a teenager who loves literature, smokes with his girlfriends at school and tries to understand himself.
Emma is the complete opposite of her. She's an artist, a creator, she's talented, she loves Klimt and Sartre, she has blue hair, she knows wine, she's a foodie and she's a girl.
I wish I could say that they would break into each other's lives and change it and bring something new, but they're not. Their relationship is based on mutual passion. Emma takes inspiration from this, Adele believes it is love.
The scene of dinner with Emma's friends vividly shows how different they are and how far away from wanting to understand each other, know each other's world and learn something. While Emma compares Schiele and Klimt to her bohemian hangout, Adele feels alienated and alone in this environment. All she has to offer these people is a Bolognese pasta supplement. She doesn’t understand them, and Emma doesn’t understand them, and Emma doesn’t want to accept Adele the way she is, she needs someone as creative as she is, not a primary school teacher. Emma is a rebel, Adele is more bourgeois.
Love is gone, only habit remains.
And to break the attachment based on past mutual pleasure is unbearably painful.
9 out of 10
Such films breed homophobia and promote debauchery.
The main character is unpleasant to the horror, too long nasty intimate scene, no light feelings plus just boring.
I watched this movie to get to know LGBT people. Since I have a strong negative attitude toward them, I thought I might understand them. But that was not the case.
The main character infuriated the whole film. Some untidy girl, fussy, all so boring, voiceless... And if only that, then she is completely disgusted by her act. But more on that later.
So, this ridiculous girl falls in love with a bright personality, an artist with blue hair. It's like they complement each other. The second heroine is much more attractive both externally and in character.
So, they start a relationship, it's even less. Then they have sex. It was really sick in here. Long, long, detailed showed their caresses. In general, the whole atmosphere of beautiful love evaporates and you already feel disgust for both girls. Especially considering that they are familiar without a year a week.
In general, nothing deep, beautiful, teaching. Waste of time. Watching meaningless actions and frivolous relationships is not interesting. Plus, this stupid scene that causes vomiting, all this dirt, perversion ... This movie is not for me.
“Life of Adele” is in line with the established European trend of tolerance for the diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity, telling the story of lesbian love and passion of two heroines. “Sex doesn’t matter in love,” says one of the characters in the film, and you already have a bad feeling about waiting for another false proclamation with admixture of slogans about tolerance.
But Keshisha, despite, and even in spite of, exciting prudish minds long, naturalistic and detailed filmed sexual scenes (almost as detailed and detailed as episodes of cooking and eating, shown tasty and savory - a trademark punctuation, which the director manifested itself vividly in the wonderful "Couscouscous and Barabulka") and generally frank discourse about homosexual love and passion, managed to avoid unnecessary aplomb, sensationalism and engagement in showing the subject of a very subtle nature, which, of course, is the same-sex relationship.
Moreover, thanks to an amazing sense of balance and tact, the director manages to reveal a sense of universal character in a particular case of an unconventional connection, in connection with which, the story of a private case of the first hobby with a “pink (or rather blue, if you start from the name of the literary source) shade” turns into a universal love story outside of gender and sexual preferences.
Thanks to this sense of proportion, taste and tact; the amortization of the acute theme scattered throughout the film literary and cultural reminiscences (Sophocles, Marivo, Sartre, Klimt, Schiele and even Pabst with Kubrick and Scorsese); the cunning direction, leisurely exploring the “other hypostases” of the manifestations of human feeling; the super-major plans of the operator, as if trying to penetrate the very soul, the very gut of human nature, but, first of all – thanks to the amazingly organic play of the debutante Eczarco and the film, who further in America, could not believe in the depth and mastery of Asia, if the first actor, and the whole, who would allow him to believe in their love, and the whole, in Europe, and the film, and the whole, if it is true love, if it is true love, and the whole.
8 out of 10
I wanted to see this movie a long time ago, and that day came. The movie is about Adele, that's all. And in my life, it's the most twisted and boring movie. Her love story is a little incomprehensible to me, not because of my tolerance, but because of the behavior of the heroine. There were moments when you empathized with her, but the heroine just behaves like a whore. 3 hours did their job. Very long drama. In the dialogue, I felt uncomfortable and wanted to talk to the character. The acting is quite good, the picture looks very beautiful and juicy. the film is very long (I will not tire of saying this), and I never understood what it was about. About the life of a teenager and his study (no, I don't think) the character is very incomprehensible, so much so that I can't analyze. She loves her girlfriend, then she sleeps with another, then she's happy, then she cries. The scene where Adele introduces her girlfriend to her parents has no ending. The pictures are not clear and you look at her life for 6-8 years, but nothing changes. I didn’t like the film and I’m not excited, completely incomprehensible and uninteresting. It's just a waste of time.
The film is a direct way to tireless reflection through the prism of one’s own feelings, expressing an attitude to love and freedom. ' The Life of Adele' has never been and will never be a lesbian film, as has 'Love' Gaspara Noe will not be a film about thoughtless love and disorderly relationships. To see this, put in Emma’s place a man who is sensitive to fine arts, and I assure you, you will not notice the difference between the original and your imagination.
I enjoy every scene, every inch of my body, and it seems that even the smells of food and sex permeate the screens of the audience.
Adele is so genuine in her feelings, emotions and experiences that allegories of this refined simplicity immediately catch my eye: say, ' animal' love of food and sex, the desire to devote her life to working with children, as well as unique facial expressions and wet brown eyes.
The fact that the name of the actress remained unchanged, and translated from Arabic means Justice, absolutely not accidental mention by the director. Kesheesh obviously shows us what it is ' A just life' to yourself and those you truly love. The film does not meet 'broken lives', 'crippled souls' and other labels of teenage dramas, however, I have not met love in such full expression. Only youth can convey such power and vitality.
I decided to write about this film, almost three years after watching it. “The Life of Adele” is an amazing film, all the advantages, which simply cannot be listed in one review, but I will try. First of all, this is a film about uncertainty, about “wandering”, and someone has a lost dream. What do you want out of life, to eat all the fruits of all the trees, or to eat only miserable remnants? Where to look for inspiration, in love or in work? And why do you need love at all, whether it pushes you forward or hides you deeper into a cozy “shell”. This is perhaps just a small fraction of the actual topics touched upon in the film. It is also impossible not to mention the stunning Leia Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos - each of them is simply born for his role, bold, uninhibited Leia with slightly androgynous features, while not preventing her from being beautiful and stunningly naive and tender Adele, with her lips and eyes, similar to the eyes and lips of a child. Unhappy love, passionate but very intimate, devoid of outside observers. The path traveled by the heroines will seem familiar to each of us, and those difficult questions that have to be solved by both of them, which they ask each other. It's a movie for everyone, it's a movie about us. It will be bold, but you will see for yourself when you look. Love is a truly amazing substance that cannot be disobeyed and cannot be labeled and framed. Have a good time.
The film is rife with naturalism. I will not say that this is bad, although because of too long, boring and repulsive sexual scenes to watch it becomes boring and somehow disgusting, but then you realize that just such naturalism clearly exposes the emptiness of the relationship between the heroines of the film. Apart from sex, there is almost nothing left for each other. In fact, Emma has nothing left for Adele. Emma uses her as a muse for inspiration, but is deaf to her lover. It was only at the very beginning that she was open and perceived Adele as she was, but as soon as the love relationship began, claims began, soft, insidious, destroying the real contact of souls: be special, be talented, “I want you to realize.” Emma gently devalued everything Adele really liked to do. However, there is no less sense in Adele’s self-realization as a teacher than in the realization of Emma as an artist. Adele, in turn, cares and shows love in her own way, but the world that Emma lives is not very clear and not very interesting for her.
Probably, we all sometimes traumatize loved ones, and they traumatize us, crush us, not being able to accept each other as they are, although we ourselves demand genuine acceptance and resent its absence. We educate our children by subconsciously dictating our expectations. It’s our responsibility, because every education has consequences. Obviously, the choice of Emma in favor of girls, the result of the big mistakes of her parents, as she said that she was not always interested in girls, but came to this choice by trial and search for herself, that is, she was able to solve in this way some important task for herself, I believe that in this way she was able to realize herself - to oppose herself to the "gray mass" of ordinary people. Blue hair, which does not fit the artist, probably perform the same function - distinguish from the crowd.
Around the heroines there is always such a gray mass of people. Near Adele is a crowd of teenagers who are still grouping and imposing herd laws on each other (but this is an age and will soon pass); and around Emma, the crowd is motley, but equally faceless in essence - people communicate on excessively intimate topics, but are indifferent to each other and only PR each of themselves. A little stands out against this background is a simple actor-realtor, with whom Adele has formed some kind of human understanding (they roughly correspond to each other on a cultural level), but he does not undertake anything outstanding.
I am a little surprised by the ease with which Adele has sex without love. It probably relates to this as well as food – it quenches emotional hunger. At first, she does it tastelessly, forcing herself, looking for something elusive and missing, doing it under the general pressure of peers, whose opinion eventually ceases to be important to her. Then she eats the pain of loneliness in her relationship with Emma, succumbing to such natural impulses. At the same time, she does not give herself an account of her actions, “I am not guilty, it somehow turned out by itself” – she looks rather pathetic.
Adele is nature itself: she is not so much beautiful as natural, she completely accepts herself, despite the fact that she does not advertise her relationship with Emma. And this is the big difference between the girls: for Emma, this relationship (unconsciously rather than consciously) is a manifesto, a means of subsistence in that “elitarian” society in which she fits perfectly; and for Adele, love is valuable in itself, it is something that concerns only two, but the happiness she feels from love nourishes her and gives her strength to do something useful for others. However, they care about the relationship, they both do not know how to answer for them: Emma is too powerful and selfish, she does not notice what makes Adele suffer, devaluing her level of ambition and her interests. Adele is impulsive and irresponsible, she is insecure, and does not trust Emma, suspecting that there is something more behind the tenderness to her pregnant girlfriend.
... Emma lives in isolation from her nature, because her parents are not a model of love and acceptance. It is not clear how Emma was treated by her father, but the mother clearly showed her the same gentle pressure, threatening parental disappointment. (And acceptance of her orientation is not yet a major indicator of acceptance.) Let’s remember how disappointed and condescending Emma’s mother showed to Adele when she heard that she wanted to be a teacher, not someone great. The bar that this woman puts before other people is snobbery under the guise of freedom. It seems that Emma is looking for recognition, which she hopes to compensate for the lack of love, because instead of motherly love, she received a veiled order to be special, otherwise you will not suit your mother. This detachment from its nature is visible in the art that Emma creates (she separates the details that she liked in people and writes them as something independent - but what is the point of a separate nipple, navel or fold near the lips; and the flat black and white images of girls in the paintings look lifeless). Emma is missing something very important, and in fact she could have lived a much fuller and more real life if only she allowed herself not to live up to her mother’s expectations.
The film is not empty, but leaves almost no questions after watching, it is redundant. Unfortunately, there was not a single moment in him that I wanted to delve into, better understand, or just go back and relive the emotions he evoked. The heroines whose story was shown aroused neither sympathy nor interest (although the actresses played very believably), lacked charisma in characters and charm in the history of relationships. I did not have enough aesthetic impressions, from the beautiful scenes I can distinguish only two points: Adele’s dance with a colleague in the light of evening lights and a scene in which Adele plunges into the sea and, as it were, merges with the element of water. My review of the film is no more than
I know that the movie is based on the graphic novel ' Blue is the warmest color' but it is perceived quite differently, because the essence of the film is just in the acting and directorial decision. It is quite long, it has what I love so much in the old cinema - the gradualness, slowness, wastefulness of footage on everyday scenes through which characters are so well revealed.
' Adele's life' wasn't exciting or dynamic, but you're in it: you feel tension hanging in the air, awkwardness. You understand what the heroine feels and thinks, even if she does not say anything and her facial expression does not change. You feel it yourself and think as if instead of her.
Adele did not arouse sympathy, but you treat her the way you treat yourself: sometimes joyously, sometimes with shame, with pride, with disappointment, with interest, blame, forgive, wish good, cry, smile and even feel emptiness. Sometimes it feels like she's beautiful, sometimes ugly, sometimes you're worried or you feel out of place with her. I really liked that.
The sexuality of the film is controversial. Personally, no scene excited me. Slightly overdone: a lot and long enough, sensuality was not enough, although the passion went off scale, if the concepts 'sensibility' and 'passion' generally can be divided (I share). But that sex was more like live sex than pornography. It wasn't sexy enough, but it was very natural. It was about people, not about sex.
This movie cannot be watched inattentively. It is very beautiful, very lively, which only this park costs, it is the sea, the sun’s rays, wet hair – it all fascinates. The film is not as entertainment, but as art, not for nothing it has received so many awards. It shows what a young person is going through in one way or another, and this applies to any relationship, regardless of gender. The story of awareness, acceptance and growing up. What happens next remains an unobtrusive question to which you essentially do not want to know the answer.
' The life of Adele' is really a life, albeit only for three hours (or as much as three hours), but for me it was not much and not small. I recommend dividing the viewing into 2 parts if you don’t like long movies.