The director of the Palme d'Or-winning erotic epic Blue is the Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche, has questioned whether the film's release should be cancelled in the wake of a turbulent wave of controversies surrounding its making.
Kechiche told Telerama he had experienced but a "brief moment of happiness" when his movie, which is based on a graphic novel by Julie Maroh, triumphed in Cannes in May. Since then, the project has been mired in mixed publicity after stars Adèle Exarchopoulos, 19, and 28-year-old Léa Seydoux said they would never work with the Franco-Tunisian film-maker again after a"horrible" shoot during which he allegedly ranted and raved at them as he sought to achieve optimum realism for the acclaimed lesbian-themed romantic drama.
"I think this film should not go out; it was too sullied," Kechiche told Telerama, adding that the allegations against him had left him feeling "humiliated, disgraced. I felt a rejection of me; I live like a curse".
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