Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

by Céline Sciamma

Secondary title
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Country / Year
France / 2019
Duration
120 Min.
Languages
French
Subtitles
GermanGerman
Genre
Drama
Tags
Queer
Arts & Culture
Direction
Céline Sciamma
Cast
Noémie Merlant,
Adèle Haenel,
Luana Bajrami,
Valeria Golino

Brittany, 1770. Marianne is to paint a wedding portrait of the beautiful Héloïse who, however, refuses to be painted, and thus to be married. This marks the beginning of Marianne’s secret gaze upon her motive. Gradually, she becomes the young lady’s companion in order be able to grasp images of Héloïse and paint her during the night. A strange and fragile intimacy starts to develop between the two. In one of the most exciting films of the year, director Céline Sciamma paints a luminous portrait of a growing and liberating love, trapped in the corset of social constraints. She succeeds in creating a minimal yet precise chronicle of loneliness, passion and memorability.

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