Genre: Romance/Drama
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: Alex Conn
Based on the 2013 French film and the graphic novel
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Dakota Fanning, Jake T. Austin, Joel Courtney, Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano
Plot: In 2007 Adele (Kaitlyn Dever) who is a senior in high school is getting ready to go to high school. She has a drink of coffee but before she goes to school she has a drink of coffee and does morning prayer with her family. She then walks to school and sees a girl with blue hair (Dakota Fanning) walk across the street. She envisions making love to her but immediately forgets that thought. She then goes to school and meets a guy who plays the keyboard in the band and he makes eyes at her. They then see each other on the bus and she is reading a book and he immediately talks to her she looks annoyed.
The next day Adele and her friend Johnny (Joel Courtney) who is gay takes her to a gay bar. At the gay bar she goes to a lesbian party and she meets Emma, the girl with the blue hair. Emma explains she’s a 1st year college student but she still lives with her parents sadly but she’s glad her parents are accepting of her sexuality. Adele is impressed by her family’s acceptance of her sexuality. They then have sex at Emma’s house. Emma’s mom (Melissa Leo) asks questions and are very happy to meet Adele. Adele then says she has to go home and when she gets home she lies and says she was sleeping over with a friend.
The next day the musician guy, Thomas (Jake T. Austin), tries to ask her out but she confidently says no. She then after school goes and has sex with Adele. Adele then goes home and meets with her but says she has to go home.
Adele then is rumored to be a lesbian by the musician guy Thomas and she is ostracized by her friend group. Her mom even asks if she is a lesbian and she says no she’s not. Her mom then in a coffee shop sees her making out with Emma and kicks her out of the house violently. Emma then comforts her and offers her a place to stay at her place. Emma then has sex with Adele in the most passionate way. Emma even has a dildo ready and they fist.
Emma then introduces Adele to her art friends Johnny and Kyle (Michael Angarano). They are discussing The 400 Blows and Adele has never seen it so they play it for her and she cries. Adele discusses how it deeply effected her. Adele and John and Kyle then smoke weed and John mentions that Emma has had a lot of girlfriends in the past but it seems like she really loves her. Emma goes home and writes a poem for her but is too scared to show it to Emma.
Adele then graduates from high school but without her family which makes her emotional but Emma and her mom are there to cheer her on.
The film then cuts to years later in 2015 Emma and Adele are living together and Emma and Adele try to have sex but it’s not the same anymore. Emma and Adele then go to an art gallery for Emma’s work and Adele feels jealous. Adele is watching Emma talk with her friends and ignoring her. Adele and Emma then drive home not talking to each other. When they get home Adele breaks up with Emma. Adele starts saying she’s Ex gay and starts going to ex gay rallies. She starts wearing a cross around her neck She starts speaking at churches and soon enough she’s on TV all the time and she has a job at a right wing radio station.
Adele and her family have dinner for the first time in a while and they say that they’re proud of her for making this decision. We then cut to Emma and her mom and Emma is crying. Emma tries to confront her once before she goes to work but then Adele says she’s living a sinful lifestyle.
Adele meets Thomas again who is now a church organ player and Thomas again asks her out. Adele and Thomas go on a date and they try to have sex but it doesn’t go well. She thinks about Emma for a second but immediately is disgusted.
Emma starts doing a new project where she paints pictures of their life when it was good up until the breakup into now. The collection goes to the art gallery and people clap. As this is happening Thomas and Adele are getting married and at the wedding Adele apologizes for her sin.
The next day the Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage happens and Emma cries and goes and celebrates with her art friends but also says she wishes she could have married Adele and prevented her from going crazy but she is comforted.
Emma then does some cocaine with her friends. Emma then goes upstairs and masturbates with a detachable shower head thinking about Adele. Thomas and Adele than have a serious conversation about having children. Thomas really doesn’t want them and tells Adele to just tell everyone that they’re having trouble having children. Adele kind of wants children.
The next night Emma is having a panic attack and dreaming about Adele and commits suicide by hanging herself. Adele hears about this through Emma’s mother begging Adele to change her ways and then she reveals it. Adele then breaks up with Thomas and she goes on a radio show and denounced her ex gay views. All of her fans come in the street and yell at her but Emma’s mom invites her to an art gallery exclusively of her work. She sees the art and cries at the art which is supposed to depict their relationship. Adele goes on a radio show to talk about her new progressive views. She gets email after email calling her out. She goes to Emma’s funeral and it is an emotional day. Adele goes on the podium and cries and reads the poem she wrote for Emma years ago and she apologizes for what she said before. She then along with the family puts flowers on her grave.
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