<P> Director and screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche developed the premise for Blue Is the Warmest Colour while directing his second feature film, Games of Love and Chance (2003). He met teachers "who felt very strongly about reading, painting, writing" and it inspired him to develop a script which charts the personal life and career of a female French teacher . However, the concept was only finalised a few years later when Kechiche chanced upon Julie Maroh's graphic novel, and he saw how he could link his screenplay about a school teacher with Maroh's love story between two young women . Although Maroh's story takes precedence in the adaptation, Adèle's character, named "Clémentine" in the book, differs from the original as explored by Charles Taylor in The Yale Review "The novel includes scenes of the girls being discovered in bed and thrown out of the house and speeches like' ' What's horrible is that people kill each other for oil and commit genocide, not that they give their love to someone .' ' In the film, Adèle's parents are seemingly oblivious to her love affair with Emma and politely greet her under the impression that she is Adèle's philosophy tutor . Further themes are explored in Maroh's novel, such as addiction to prescription pills . Regarding his intention portraying young people, Kechiche claimed: "I almost wish I was born now, because young people seem to be much more beautiful and brighter than my generation . I want to pay them tribute ." </P> <P> In late 2011, a casting call was held in Paris to find the ideal actress for the role of Adèle . Casting director Sophie Blanvillain first spotted Adèle Exarchopoulos and then arranged for her to meet Abdellatif Kechiche . Exarchopoulos described how her auditions with Kechiche over the course of two months consisted of improvisation of scenarios, discussions, and also of them both sitting in a café, without talking, while he quietly observed her . It was later, a day before the New Year, that Kechiche decided to offer Exarchopoulos the leading role in the film; as he said in an interview, "I chose Adèle the minute I saw her . I had taken her for lunch at a brasserie . She ordered lemon tart and when I saw the way she ate it I thought,' It's her!"' </P> <P> On the other hand, Léa Seydoux was cast for the role of Emma, ten months before principal photography began in March 2012 . Kechiche felt that Seydoux "shared her character's beauty, voice, intelligence and freedom" and that she has "something of an Arabic soul". He added on saying, "What was decisive during our meeting was her take on society: She's very much tuned in to the world around her . She possesses a real social awareness, she has a real engagement with the world, very similar to my own . I was able to realise to how great an extent, as I spent a whole year with her between the time she was chosen for the role and the end of shooting ." Speaking to IndieWire on the preparation for her role, Seydoux said "During those ten months (before shooting) I was already meeting with him (Kechiche) and being directed . We would spend hours talking about women and life; I also took painting and sculpting lessons, and read a lot about art and philosophy ." </P> <P> Initially planned to be shot in two and a half months, the film took five, from March to August 2012 for a budget of € 4 million . Seven hundred and fifty hours of dailies were shot . Shooting took place in Lille as well as Roubaix and Liévin . </P>

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