Netflix Is Officially Losing One of the Most Provocative Movies of the 2010s

History hasn't yet completely turned on director Bernardo Bertolucci and actor Marlon Brando for their alleged treatment of Maria Schneider on the set of Last Tango in Paris. Alfred Hitchcock is still held in the highest regard despite numerous claims of inappropriate behavior on set. The same goes for Stanley Kubrick, who, by many accounts, was horrible to Shelley Duvall during production. Male filmmakers have frequently gotten away with bad behavior under the guise of supposed genius, but times are changing. It didn't take actors Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos too long to accuse director Abdellatif Kechiche of fostering a hostile environment on set during the making of their controversial erotic drama Blue Is the Warmest Color, which is currently streaming on Netflix.

The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the highest honor, the Palme d'Or. In a departure from the norm, both Seydoux and Exarchopoulos were announced as recipients of the honor in addition to Kechiche. Their performances in the epic romance film were universally lauded, but both actors made it clear that they didn't enjoy the process. In an interview, Seydoux described the experience as "horrible" and recalled an incident on set where Kechiche flew into a rage after demanding more than 100 takes for a shot of the two actors crossing paths on a street. "By the end of it, I remember I was dizzy and couldn't even sit," she said.