'Blue is the Warmest Colour' sex scenes controversy lingers

2013/11/26 11:44:37 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

The director of a highly charged lesbian love story that dazzled Cannes said Monday he felt & quot;great regret & quot; at a controversy that has threatened to overshadow the film & #039;s rapturous critical reception. Abdellatif Kechiche, director of & quot;Blue is the Warmest Colour & quot;, said he did not understand remarks by his leading actresses in a series of interviews, in which Lea Seydoux said that making the film was & quot;horrible & quot; and co-star Adele Exarchopoulos complained that the director & #039;s working methods made her & quot;psychologically ill at times & quot;. & quot;I find it difficult to explain it to myself, because she (Seydoux) talked about facts that never happened, and impressions that she supposedly experienced but never told me about... each time I talk about this controversy, I feel like I & #039;m facing a court, & quot; Kechiche told reporters at the annual Hong Kong French Film Festival. The three-hour film about a blue-haired art student who forges an intense erotic relationship with an inexperienced younger girl has received generally glowing reviews worldwide, after causing a sensation at the Cannes film festival.
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