The names of French actresses Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos will probably be endlessly intertwined within the Cannes document ebook, so it’s serendipitous that each are returning to this yr’s competition. Again in 2013, they starred in director Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Colour, enjoying younger girls who share a sexually charged relationship. The movie was a direct sensation. Stated THR critic Jordan Mintzer, “Sure to raise eyebrows with its showstopping scenes of unsimulated female copulation, the film is actually much more than that: It’s a passionate, poignantly handled love story.”
Some handicappers thought it would show too risqué for that yr’s jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, however the jury surprised on the closing evening ceremony by not solely awarding the movie the Palme d’Or, however by additionally taking what it known as “the exceptional step” of declaring that the distinction must be shared by the director and his two leads. On the press convention that adopted, Exarchopoulos stated of Blue: “It’s universal. It’s a love story. If it’s also a hymn to tolerance, then that’s all the more gratifying.” Added Seydoux, “What brought us together was the love that existed between us, and perhaps our sense of humor.”
There’s a very good probability the 2 will stumble upon one another on this yr’s pink carpet. Exarchopoulos stars in Jeanne Herry’s French drama One other Day, screening in competitors. Seydoux seems in two competitors titles: Marie Kreutzer’s Light Monster, additionally that includes Catherine Deneuve, and Arthur Harari’s The Unknown, a Neon pickup a few man who after a one-night stand wakes up within the physique of the girl he seduced.
