By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:00 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:55 EST, 25 October 2013 . A New York theater is ignoring the age rating of a film with explicit lesbian sex scenes and allowing viewers under the age of 17 to watch it. One scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute . erotic sex sequence between two women, played by Lea Seydoux and Adele . Exarchopoulos, that leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination. But the IFC Center in Greenwich Village has said it will not turn . away teen-aged viewers. One scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute erotic sex sequence between two women, played by Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos . Decision: The IFC Center in Greenwich Village has said it will not turn away teen-aged viewers . The theater falls under the same corporate umbrella as Sundance Selects reported The New York Times. In a statement, John Vanco, senior veep and general manager of the IFC Center, said that 'high school age patrons 'would be admitted.' 'This is not a movie for young children, but it is our judgment that it is not inappropriate for mature, inquiring teenagers who are looking ahead to the emotional challenges and opportunities that adulthood holds,' Vanco said. Emotional: Director Abdellatif Kechiche, left, smiles as Adele Exarchopoulos, right, is kissed by Lea Seydoux after they were presented the Palme d'Or award for La Vie D'Adele . The theater added on Thursday: 'The . MPAA rating is a voluntary guideline that we as a theater are not . obligated to enforce. In this case we feel it is unnecessarily . restrictive and we will indeed admit high school age patrons to . screenings of this perceptive and moving film at the IFC Center.' Flicks Theatre in Boise, Idaho, has also announced that they will not be screening the film. The owner told The Hollywood Reporter . 'It isn't because we're prudes,' but said the decision was made because . the theater's liquor license prohibits it from showing films featuring . 'acts of simulated acts of sexual intercourse' The . steamy three-hour movie about a young lesbian love affair was awarded . the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier . this year. Since then . Seydoux has accused director Abdellatif Kechiche of being difficult to . work with on set and said she would not work with him again. She . told the Daily Beast that she felt 'trapped' on the set iand that she . didn't feel respected while shooting the film's racy sex scenes. She . said: [Kechiche] became so crazy that he picked up the little monitor . he was viewing it through and threw it into the street, screaming, “I . can’t work under these conditions!”' But . Kechiche hit back in an open letter slamming his outspoken star: 'Miss . Seydoux, who after having repeatedly thanking me publicly and privately . and having wept in my arms at Cannes for allowing her to take on this . noble role … has, against all odds and all personal coherence, radically . changed her attitude towards me.'
Blue Is the Warmest Color has no-holds-barred twelve minute sex scene .
The IFC Center in Greenwich Village will not turn away teen viewers .
Controversial surrounded the film due to rift between director and actress .
Three-hour movie was awarded prestigious Palme d’Or award at Cannes .
By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:00 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:55 EST, 25 October 2013 . A New York theater is ignoring the age rating of a film with explicit lesbian sex scenes and allowing viewers under the age of 17 to watch it. One scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute . erotic sex sequence between two women, played by Lea Seydoux and Adele . Exarchopoulos, that leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination. But the IFC Center in Greenwich Village has said it will not turn . away teen-aged viewers. One scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute erotic sex sequence between two women, played by Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos . Decision: The IFC Center in Greenwich Village has said it will not turn away teen-aged viewers . The theater falls under the same corporate umbrella as Sundance Selects reported The New York Times. In a statement, John Vanco, senior veep and general manager of the IFC Center, said that 'high school age patrons 'would be admitted.' 'This is not a movie for young children, but it is our judgment that it is not inappropriate for mature, inquiring teenagers who are looking ahead to the emotional challenges and opportunities that adulthood holds,' Vanco said. Emotional: Director Abdellatif Kechiche, left, smiles as Adele Exarchopoulos, right, is kissed by Lea Seydoux after they were presented the Palme d'Or award for La Vie D'Adele . The theater added on Thursday: 'The . MPAA rating is a voluntary guideline that we as a theater are not . obligated to enforce. In this case we feel it is unnecessarily . restrictive and we will indeed admit high school age patrons to . screenings of this perceptive and moving film at the IFC Center.' Flicks Theatre in Boise, Idaho, has also announced that they will not be screening the film. The owner told The Hollywood Reporter . 'It isn't because we're prudes,' but said the decision was made because . the theater's liquor license prohibits it from showing films featuring . 'acts of simulated acts of sexual intercourse' The . steamy three-hour movie about a young lesbian love affair was awarded . the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier . this year. Since then . Seydoux has accused director Abdellatif Kechiche of being difficult to . work with on set and said she would not work with him again. She . told the Daily Beast that she felt 'trapped' on the set iand that she . didn't feel respected while shooting the film's racy sex scenes. She . said: [Kechiche] became so crazy that he picked up the little monitor . he was viewing it through and threw it into the street, screaming, “I . can’t work under these conditions!”' But . Kechiche hit back in an open letter slamming his outspoken star: 'Miss . Seydoux, who after having repeatedly thanking me publicly and privately . and having wept in my arms at Cannes for allowing her to take on this . noble role … has, against all odds and all personal coherence, radically . changed her attitude towards me.'
Color includes a no-holds-barred twelve minute . the IFC Center in Greenwich Village has said it will not turn . away teen-aged viewers. One scene in Blue Is the Warmest Color includes a lesbian love affair was awarded . the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival