Award-winning coming of age French film, "Blue is the Warmest Colour" has triggered a controversy revolving highly graphical lesbian sex scenes. Arousing arguments and reactions among lesbians, the film is being highly criticized.

Since the film achieved the top prize Palme d'Or Award for Best Film at the esteemed Cannes Film Festival, it has been criticized for the mistreatment of the elaborate lesbian sex scenes. The controversy involved the film director Abdellatif Kechiche and its lead stars Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux.

Julia Maroh, author of the novel "Blue is the Warmest Colour" where the film was based, has been widely criticized for the film adaptation of her novel which strays too far from the original story.

"Brutal and surgical display, exuberant and cold, of so-called lesbian sex, which turned into porn, and [made] me feel very ill at ease. Especially when, in the middle of a movie theater, everyone was giggling," the author of the novel Julia Maroh described in her blog.

Adding to the controversy, the leading lights of the film Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux have complained about how their director made them do the sex scenes again and again to make it appear like a hardcore sex scene as he wanted. The two actresses have claimed that they were on the verge of nervous exhaustion while filming the 10-minute, highly graphical sex scene that took "10 days to shoot."

The infuriated actress Exarchopoulos also complained that Seydoux was compelled to hit her time and again while filming for the fight scenes.

"It leaves nothing to the imagination with long takes and wide shots of the lovers as they kiss and suck and duck in and out of crevices and occasionally slap each other on their butts. The sex appears to be free-form and not rehearsed, as if the director was sitting back and gazing straight ahead as these women did everything possible to physically connect," one critic wrote.

Filmmaker Yen Sleidi has collaborated with LGBT art magazine "Posture" and has shown the sex scenes to some real-life lesbians to gauge their reaction.

It seems these women are not too impressed by the work and the filming of the lesbian sex scenes.

"I thought it was hot, at the beginning and then it got a little ridiculous when they kept switching sex positions every 10 seconds. And [it] started to feel kind of like an infomercial for a kitchen product, where they're trying to, like, showcase all the things it can do. Like, 'Oh, it can chop, it can slice, it can dice and it can mince and puree, and it can eat out your asshole," Taylor, a reviewer, said.

"It's pretty obviously two straight women having sex," another reviewer said.

The film "Blue is the Warmest Colour" has been screened in France and North America in a limited release.

The film will not shown in Australian cinemas until February 2014, but due to its controversy and lesbian sex scenes criticism it has definitely reached several corners of the world. The focus has now shifted from the film's story to the controversies.

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