Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Director: Céline Sciamma Run Time: 121 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 2020
Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luana Bajrami, Valeria Golino
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom. Héloïse’s portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and testament to their love.
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