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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019 · Céline Sciamma

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In 18th-century Brittany, painter Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent and refuses to pose. Pretending to be her walking companion, Marianne studies her by day and paints her in secret, and the two women fall in love.

Director
Céline Sciamma
Studio
Lilies Films, Arte France Cinéma, Hold Up Films
Starring
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino