You see, those 3 hours are truly utilized so that the romance doesn’t feel rushed, but something which naturally progressed from two curious strangers meeting eyes, to casual conversation, and then a build toward a relationship. Perhaps the best bit of praise I can give for this film is that despite being 3 hours, you only feel it in your tailbone for sitting so long. Or perhaps, better said, human vulnerability. Thus making it so that over the course of 3 hours you get a love story worth envy, but one which also shows human flaws.

Their love affair, naturally, is the focus of the film, as well as the establishing of Adele as a person, and even the movie establishing French culture. Emma is a take-charge young woman who expresses her wants and desires, let’s herself be the odd one in the crowd, and to me has the type of social qualities most would want for a partner, but also the passion you would want in an ideal lover. Alongside her is Emma (played by Léa Seydoux) who is her opposite. The story focuses on a young, doe-eyed, 17-year-old, girl named Adele (played by Adèle Exarchopoulos) who has the type of look and persona which makes her seem like someone whose life is often defined by others. Of course, though, like many I’m sure, I also heard about the scenes which if cut, or edited, would easily turn this NC-17 movie into a PG-13, or light R. All I saw was a beautiful love story, which just so happened to feature two female leads. Outside of that, though, I wasn’t familiar with anyone involved.

My discovery of this movie came from it being listed amongst 12 Years a Slave as movies to watch out for after the Toronto International Film Festival. 4.1 Overall: Worth Seeing Review (with Spoilers)

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