Pornographic lesbian film wins Palme d’Or: festival director urges gay ‘marriage’ opponents to watch
On the same day as up to a million traditional marriage supporters marched in Paris against France's new gay 'marriage' law this past weekend, a sex-saturated film about lesbian lovers took home the country's top film award: the Cannes Film Festival 's Palme d’Or. The French film , entitled in English “Blue is the Warmest Color,” focuses on a 15-year-old French girl who falls in love with an older art student. It has been as much talked about for its no-holds barred graphic sex scenes, as for the quality of the story or the acting. According to the UK’s Daily Mail , one lengthy sex scene, clocking in at nearly 12 minutes, leaves “nothing to the imagination.” A writer for Variety said the film contains "the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in recent memory." The over-the-top sexuality was viewed by some as a barrier to the film’s success, but on Sunday the Cannes jury announced that the director and two lead actresses were to