The
original graphic novel adapted into the film Blue Is the Warmest Color, winner
of the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival; released in the US this
fall by IFC Films/Sundance Selects
In this
tender, bittersweet, full-color graphic novel, a young woman named Clementine
discovers herself and the elusive magic of love when she meets a confident
blue-haired girl named Emma: a lesbian love story for the ages that bristles
with the energy of youth and rebellion and the eternal light of desire.
First
published in France by Glénat, the book has won several awards, including the
Audience Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe's
largest.
The
live-action, French-language film version of the book, entitled Blue Is the Warmest
Color, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. Directed by
director Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos,
the film generated both wide praise and controversy. It will be released in the
US through Sundance Selects/IFC Films.
Julie
Maroh is an author and illustrator originally from northern France.
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