Posted on 05/27/2013 5:26:30 AM PDT by IbJensen
CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize in Cannes on Sunday, and the film festival's director immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see it.
"La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) was chosen from a field of 20 films exploring sex, violence and emotional anguish which were vying for the Palme d'Or, one of the most coveted film awards after the Oscars.
Critics picked the three-hour film as a possible winner at the 66th Cannes festival, but wondered if its explicit lesbian sex scenes - one lasting up to 10 minutes - would deter the jury deciding the awards led by U.S. filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
In an unusual move, Spielberg said the award would be shared between Kechiche and his two lead actresses Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux as they were central to the film's success.
"I think it will get a lot of play ... I think this film carries a very strong message, a very positive message," Spielberg told journalists. "It was the perfect choice between those two actresses and this incredible very sensitive and observant filmmaker."
Spielberg said he supported same-sex marriage, but downplayed any suggestion the award was to promote this cause.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux said the film was timely, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in Paris on Sunday to protest France's recent legalization of same-sex marriage.
"Everyone who is against same-sex marriage or love between two people of the same sex must see the film,"...
-snip-
"La Vie d'Adele" is an emotional tale of love and sexuality centered on 15-year-old Adele (Exarchopoulos) and her lover Emma (Seydoux) that follows the course of their tumultuous relationship.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Heard this bit of fact before. Always brings a smile
Not that the Cannes film festival was ever a bastion of morality (or good taste) at some time in the past.
So, Snap-on Tools is paying a royalty?
Sorry but morality has been dead at Cannes since 1978, when Roman Polanski fled U.S. criminal justice and was welcomed with open arms in France. He has been attending Cannes as a feted guest ever since. The fact that French culture is amoral and misogynistic is not news.
But it’s 3 hours long. I’m not sure porn with a plot sells that well.
Time to put Cannes in the Can and dump it in a swamp.
Link to an overtly Christian movie trailer at Cannes:
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/mediaPlayer/12726.html
I want to see the full feature once it’s out. Not a shred of filth. Plenty of controversy for leftists, though. :)
Beware hollywood and all of your worldly allies... the GOD of Abraham will smite thee one day... repent.
LLS
“Dont forget The Duke. Watched him yesterday in Flying Leathernecks.”
It was great!
LLS
Plains wars were fought over the difference.
LLS
So tell me if they were fat, homely and butch lesbians ( instead of attractive women) would this have won an award? Would anyone want to watch ugly people, ugly sex?
So? You have to wade through 2.5 hours of soap opera to get to the parts people pay to see? For those this is marketed to that is just the bone they throw to what little conscience they have left.
This is a Tunisian film.
No.
One can only have nightmares about Hillary and Rosie tossing around on a sweaty mattress playing with their Snap-On-Tools.
For the love of God! How could you put such a image in my mind, now I will have to undergo electric shock therapy!!!
Absolute degrading filth. Hardcore, homosexual pornography being sold to brainwashed sheep as fabulous.
The film also apparently involves statutory rape: one of the partners is 15.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.