Cannes flashback: When Lea and Adele turned the Cannes jury blue

The names of French actresses Léa Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos will forever be intertwined in the Cannes record book, so it’s a coincidence that they’re both returning to this year’s festival. In 2013, they starred in a film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Blue is the warmest colorshe plays young women who are involved in a sexually charged relationship. The film was an instant sensation. He said THR Critic Jordan Mintzer says: “The film certainly raises eyebrows with its stunning scenes of unsimulated female intercourse, but it is actually much more than that: it is a passionate love story that is poignantly handled.”

Some holdouts thought it might be too difficult for that year’s jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, but the jury surprised at the closing night’s ceremony by not only awarding the film the Palme d’Or, but also taking what it called “the extraordinary step” of declaring that the honor should be shared by the director and his two leads. In the press conference that followed, Exarchopoulos said: blue: “It’s universal. It’s a love story. And if it’s also a hymn to tolerance, that’s even more satisfying.” Sidhu added: “What brought us together was the love we had between us, and perhaps our sense of humor.”

There’s a good chance the two will bump into each other on this year’s red carpet. Exarchopoulos stars in the French drama directed by Jeanne Héré Another daydisplay in competition. Seydoux appears in two contest titles: Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle monsteralso featuring Catherine Deneuve and Arthur Harary The unknowna neon pickup truck about a man who wakes up after a one-night stand in the body of the woman he has seduced.

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