After winning the coveted  Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, ‘Blue Is The Warmest Colour’ has caused a massive furor after it was issued with an  NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. What does that mean? It means, confusingly, that no one under the age of 18 may watch the film due to its graphic nature.

The film, based on a graphic novel, is essentially a sexual coming-of-age tale about two french girls who fall irrevocably in love with each other. Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a fifteen year-old girl who feels isolated among her peers – and distanced from her boyfriend. That’s until she meets Emma (Léa Seydoux).

The film has been heavily criticised for being overly self-indulgent (it runs for three whole hours), but also because of its sex scenes. The film, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, contains not one, not two, but three full-on sex scenes. (To see the scenes as they appeared in the graphic novel, click here. This is NSFW, obviously.)

Kechiche might defend himself by saying that the film depicts, quite meaningfully, the humanity’s insatiable hunger for more.

But we all know the best way to keep people in cinemas for over two hours is to show them some skin. Over, and over, and over again.

Here, for your enjoyment, is the trailer for ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’.

[Source : NY Daily News, Youtube]