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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) (2019)
Director:
Céline Sciamma
Writer:
Céline Sciamma
Starring:
Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
"A beautiful love story between two young women, set in 18th Century France."
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.
Plot summary from IMDb: 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.
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 42 wins & 125 nominations.
Runtime: 122 min
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