or La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitres 1 et 2
- YEAR: 2013
- DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche
- KEY ACTORS: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux
- CERTIFICATE: 18
- IMDB SCORE: 7.7
- ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 89%
SEX SCORE: 4/5
✔️ It does pass the Bechdel test – the two main characters are women and the main relationship is between the two of them!
✔️ The cast are definitely fuckable. I’m straight but there’s no denying that they are both beautiful and incredibly hot together.
❌ I can’t say that it inspired fantasies though. I’m not that curious about having sex with someone with a vulva so while I admired how hot their sex was, it wasn’t something that I fantasised about afterwards.
✔️ The rewatchable question is a difficult one. It is three hours long. And as an English speaker, it is entirely in subtitles. But, wow, it was engrossing and the time seemed to fly by! And I would definitely watch it again so, yes, rewatchable!
✔️ And it is sex positive. Sex is an important part of their relationship and, while there are some sex negative moments with homophobia and slut shaming, they are clearly positioned as wrong and damaging.
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