Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
122 mins
2019
France
15 - Contains sexualised nudity.
French
Yes
Digital
Part of the Céline Sciamma: Playing with Fire Season
Winner of a Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival in 2019, Portrait of a Lady on Fire explores the achingly gradual romance between two women in Brittany in 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint Héloïse's wedding portrait, but - with Héloïse a reluctant bride - must do so without her knowledge. Masquerading as a walking companion, Marianne spends her days observing and long nights painting. But her looks do not go unnoticed and, as desire stirs, a new taste of freedom threatens to spoil the arrangement.
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