This movie was quite an achievement in terms of storytelling. It was raw and pure and poignant.
The movie was shot like a documentary style, that's why everything felt so raw and real. Even the dialogue felt like it wasn't rehearsed and everything just happened in front of the camera organically, transcending the silver screen.
The director, Abdellatif Kechiche, doubled up as the writer and, together with Ghalia Lacroix, adapted the story from a comic book Julie Maroh.
Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux were fantastic. Their relationship with each other felt so real and heartfelt because of Kechiche's storytelling with the camera and the shots he chose. There were a lot of closeup shots of Exarchopoulos just sleeping and even that looked so real like a documentary.
The movie however had a running time of about 3 hours. I obviously had to read subtitles but I also found out that if I didn't read every word, it wouldn't be the worst thing because some dialogue weren't imperative. I also wonder if some of the scenes when cut out would still have achieved the same impact on the audience just to cut down on the running time.
Which leads me to the pacing of the movie, where I would have liked the progression to move along much faster. I had the luxury of splitting this movie into 2 sittings and I went for it since the story didn't compel me to sit through it.
How this wasn't a softcore porn I'll never understand because even the sex scenes looked completely real. Or is Kechiche just that good?
Somehow there were a lot of spaghetti in this movie, so much so that it made me crave for spaghetti after watching it and I had to have it for dinner.
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