Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Also known as Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
2019 film directed by Céline Sciamma
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8.1On 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.
Released: 2019-09-06121 minDir: Céline SciammaDrama, RomanceBudget: $5.7MBox office: $9.9M
Cast
- Noémie Merlant as Marianne
- Adèle Haenel as Héloïse
- Luàna Bajrami as Sophie
- Valeria Golino as La Comtesse
- Christel Baras as La faiseuse d'ange
- Armande Boulanger as L'élève atelier
Themes
- island
- fire
- beach
- arranged marriage
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (French: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit. 'Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire') is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of a brief affair between two young women: an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait. It was Haenel's final film role before retiring from the film industry in 2023.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Queer Palm at Cannes, becoming the first film directed by a woman to win the award. Sciamma also won the award for Best Screenplay at Cannes. The film was theatrically released in France on 18 September 2019.