Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019
8.6
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Title: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Original Title: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Year: 2019

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: February 28 2020
  • United States: December 06 2019

Plot

France in the XVIII century, 1770. On an isolated island in Bretagne, the young painter Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. On multiple occasions Héloïse's mother has tried for her to accept the painting, which is supposed to be a gift for her possible future husband to decide if he wants her as his wife or not. But Héloïse, who has just left the convent where she was confined until now, has always refused to be painted for him. Therefore, Marianne must observe her "model" by day, while she pretends to be a lady hired by her mother to keep her company, to paint her portrait at night. Day by day, the two women become closer as they share Héloïse's last moments of freedom before the impending wedding.

The film has got great praise from critics and audiences and has been up for several awards, winning even the Best script award at Cannes Film Festival.

The movie is written and directed by Céline Sciamma ('Tomboy', 'Bande de filles', 'Naissance des pieuvre'). The cast is formed by Adèle Haenel ('120 battements par minute', 'La fille inconnue'), Noémie Merlant ('Le ciel attendra'), Valeria Golino ('Rain Man', 'Il nome del figlio'), Luàna Bajrami ('L'heure de la sortie' and Cécile Morel, among others.

Awards

  • 2020 Golden Globes: 1 0
  • 2020 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
  • 2020 Goya Awards: 1 0

Cast

Director:

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Trivia

Héloïse

The character of Héloïse was written with the actress Adèle Haenel already in mind for the role.

Musical score

According to director Céline Sciamma, the film has no musical score in order to focus and obsess over rhythm and the music that comes from different places in the film, like the movements of the bodies and the camera.

Favourite

'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' was one of the favourites to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. However, the Korean film 'Parasite' ended up taking the prize.

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