Is a three hour running time for a romantic drama a
little indulgent? In general, I’d say it probably is, but there’s no one size
fits all answer. If the story is suited to it and it’s compelling enough to
carry you through, then why not? The French drama Blue Is the Warmest Color, winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at
Cannes, takes cinematic romantic love to rarely touched emotional depths. The
epic length didn’t feel so long to me, which must be viewed as testament to the
humane and sensitive direction by Abdellatif Kechiche and the incredible and
brave performances by the two female leads, Adéle Exarchopoulos and Léa
Seydoux.
