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  Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes on Blue Is the Warmest Color

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Blue Is the Warmest Color is a French drama film written, produced and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and released in 2013. The movie's title in French is La Vie d'Adèle – "The Life of Adèle". It won the prestigious Palme d'Or – the top prize - at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In an unusual move for Cannes, the prize was given to the two lead actors as well as the director. The movie is a love story about the relationship between a 15-year-old girl, Adele (played by Adele Exarchopoulos), and her older lover Emma – a blue-haired woman, played by Lea Seydoux. Adele has no doubt that a girl must date boys. However, her life is turned upside down when she meets Emma, who allows her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and an adult.

The movie was filmed in 2012 on a budget of €4 million and took five months to complete. The film shocked some critics at Cannes with its long and graphic sex scenes. Justin Chang writing for "Variety" said that the film contains, "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory". Robbie Collin of "The Daily Telegraph" wrote: "Kechiche's film is three hours long, and the only problem with that running time is that I could have happily watched it for another seven. It is an extraordinary, prolonged, popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, anger, lust and hope." Steven Spielberg proclaimed: "The film is a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to be a fly on the wall, to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning."

Sources:            
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Is_the_Warmest_Colour
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/blue-warmest-color-cannes-palme-dor-185113587.html

  TRAILER AND POSTER

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR POSTER

1. SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it. Share the words with your partner(s). Why did you choose them?       

2. STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc. Change partners and share stories.

3. CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4. MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie.

5. STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie. Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s).

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR TRAILER

1. RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).        

2. CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).

3. QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s). Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions.

4. VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear. Talk about them with your partner(s).

5. GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad. Share your ideas with your partner(s).

  MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	prestigious	a.	uncertainty
2	move	b.	stretched out
3.	doubt	c.	reviewers
4.	turned upside down	d.	respected
5.	assert herself (oneself)	e.	dramatically
6.	critics	f.	sexual desire
7.	explosively	g.	step
8.	prolonged	h.	behave confidently
9.	lust	i.	develop
10.	evolve	j.	in a mess

PHRASE MATCH

1.	It won the prestigious Palme d'Or –	a.	memory
2	an unusual	b.	down
3.	Adele has no doubt that	c.	sex scenes
4.	her life is turned upside	d.	the beginning
5.	assert herself	e.	on the wall
6.	long and graphic	f.	the top prize
7.	in recent	g.	privileged
8.	feel	h.	as a woman
9.	to be a fly	i.	move for Cannes
10.	evolve from	j.	a girl must date boys

  LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

Blue Is the Warmest Color is a French drama film written, (1) _______________________ Abdellatif Kechiche and released in 2013. The movie's title in French is La Vie d'Adèle – "The Life of Adèle". (2) _______________________ Palme d'Or – the top prize - at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. (3) ________________ Cannes, the prize was given to the two lead actors as well as the director. The movie is (4) _______________________ relationship between a 15-year-old girl, Adele (played by Adele Exarchopoulos), and her older lover Emma – a blue-haired woman, played by Lea Seydoux. Adele (5) __________________ must date boys. However, her life is turned upside down when she meets Emma, who (6) _______________________ and to assert herself as a woman and an adult.

The movie was filmed in 2012 (7) _______________________ and took five months to complete. The film shocked some critics at Cannes with (8) _______________________ scenes. Justin Chang writing for "Variety" said that the film contains, "the most (9) _______________________ sex scenes in recent memory". Robbie Collin of "The Daily Telegraph" wrote: "Kechiche's film is three hours long, and the only problem with that running time is that I could (10) _______________________ it for another seven. It is an extraordinary, prolonged, popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, (11) _______________________." Steven Spielberg proclaimed: "The film is a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to (12) _______________________, to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning."

  CORRECT THE SPELLING

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  PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

blue is the warmest color is a french drama film written produced and directed by abdellatif kechiche and released in 2013 the movie's title in french is la vie d'adèle – "the life of adèle" it won the prestigious palme d'or – the top prize - at the 2013 cannes film festival in an unusual move for cannes the prize was given to the two lead actors as well as the director the movie is a love story about the relationship between a 15-year-old girl adele (played by adele exarchopoulos) and her older lover emma – a blue-haired woman played by lea seydoux adele has no doubt that a girl must date boys however her life is turned upside down when she meets emma who allows her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and an adult

the movie was filmed in 2012 on a budget of €4 million and took five months to complete the film shocked some critics at cannes with its long and graphic sex scenes justin chang writing for "variety" said that the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory" robbie collin of "the daily telegraph" wrote "kechiche's film is three hours long and the only problem with that running time is that i could have happily watched it for another seven it is an extraordinary prolonged popping-candy explosion of pleasure sadness anger lust and hope" steven spielberg proclaimed "the film is a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to be a fly on the wall to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning"

  INSERT THE VOWELS

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  MARK THE SPACES

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  DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	__________________________________________________________________
2.	__________________________________________________________________
3.	__________________________________________________________________
4.	__________________________________________________________________
5.	__________________________________________________________________
6.	__________________________________________________________________

  BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Blue Is the Warmest Color in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	Student 1 __________	Student 2 __________	Student 3 __________
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

  WRITING

Write your own movie review. Show your partner your letter. Correct each other's work.

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  HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about "Blue Is the Warmest Color". Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about "Blue Is the Warmest Color". What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors' performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. "BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR" POSTER: Make a poster about "Blue Is the Warmest Color". Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics' reviews, why people should see it, etc.  Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY PREQUEL / SEQUEL: Make your own prequel or sequel for  "Blue Is the Warmest Color". Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

6. CHARACTER STORY: Choose one of the characters from the movie. Imagine you are that character. Write your story about what you did in the movie. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback.

7. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, Twitter stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on "Blue Is the Warmest Color". Share your findings with the class.

  ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH

1.	prestigious	a.	respected
2	move	b.	step
3.	doubt	c.	uncertainty
4.	turned upside down	d.	in a mess
5.	assert herself (oneself)	e.	behave confidently
6.	critics	f.	reviewers
7.	explosively	g.	dramatically
8.	prolonged	h.	stretched out
9.	lust	i.	sexual desire
10.	evolve	j.	develop

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Please check for yourself by looking at the movie review article at the top of the page.
(It's good for your English ;-)