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: Reflecting Picasso’s "Blue Period," the color eventually shifts to signify heartbreak and the "infinite and unreachable" nature of their past connection. Class and Cultural Friction

: Part of the intellectual bourgeoisie, her family discusses art, existentialism, and oysters, a food Adèle must "learn" to eat to fit into Emma’s world.

The color blue serves as the film’s primary visual motif, evolving alongside Adèle’s emotional state:

: Raised in a working-class family where dinner conversations center on practicalities and "banal" topics like ham and pasta.

: As the relationship deepens, blue permeates Adèle’s world through clothing, lighting, and the ocean where she swims, symbolizing emotional intensity and safety.

A central theme identified by critics at Film Comment and The Yale Review is the stark socioeconomic divide between the two women: