'' Blue Is the Warmest Color '' ( '' Le bleu est une couleur chaude '' , originally announced as '' Blue Angel '' ) is a French graphic novel by Julie Maroh , published by Glénat in March 2010 . The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013 . The novel tells a love story between two young women in France at the end of the 1990s . Abdelatif Kechiche directed a film adaptation in 2013 , titled '' Blue Is the Warmest Colour '' , which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics)