Fifteen-year-old Adele’s life changes completely when she meets blue-haired Emma. Emma is a door to Adel’s desire and a guide to lead Adele’s life to become a confident woman. Adele grows up together with Emma, searches for her identity and gets lost, but succeeds in discovering it again. The latest work by world-renowned director Abdellatif Kechiche is the most sought-after film in international film community this year. Based on a French cartoon, Le bleu est une couleur chaude by Julie Maroh, this film shines for the outstanding performance of the two actresses. The talented filmmaker never allows a dull moment in the film’s around three-hour running time, and delivers a message that homosexuality is not a form of exceptional love but the love itself. With Steven Spielberg paying extraordinary compliments to the passion of star Lea Seydoux and star-to-be Adele Exarchopoulos, the film received the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year. (RHEE Soue-won)