Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(2019)
Overview
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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SWITCH.
⭐ 10/10August 16, 2019
As the credits began to roll on ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’, I was practically incapable of moving or speaking. Every time I didn’t think the film could possibly get any better, Céline Sciamma elevated it to even greater, more incomprehensible heights, culminating in one of the most extraordinary moments in 21st-century cinema. This is a rare and precious film, breathtaking in its craft and intensely honest in its passions. This is a film that a… read the rest.
Heloisa
⭐ 10/10January 14, 2020
The best LGBT movie ever. And that's on period luv.
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
⭐ 10/10March 27, 2020
Céline Sciamma, writer and director of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” calls her period film a “manifesto on the male gaze.” This is the most accurate, elegant description of her story of a romance between two French women in the late 1700s. This is an impeccably detailed, beautifully acted, refined drama with a strong feminist angle that’s as stirring as it is thought-provoking.
Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint the wedding por…
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⭐ 9/10July 31, 2020
Undoubtedly worth a watch; who knew portraits were the Tinder of the 1700s.
beyondthecineramadome
⭐ 10/10June 20, 2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/paint-me-like-one-of-your-french-girls-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-review<a>
Celine Sciamma’s fourth feature film, _Portrait of a Lady on Fire_, is a triumph. Few romance movies capture the totality of love, loss, and remembrance in the way Sciamma does in this film. The story is simple: Marianne (Noémie Merlant) has been hired to paint a portrait of Heloise (Adèl…
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Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$5,740,000
Revenue
$9,923,127