Portrait de la jeune fille en fue (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) 2019 Ages 15+
When
1.30pm, Sat 12 Oct 2019 (119 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
A forbidden romance blossoms in this sumptuous tale of desire from rising French filmmaker Céline Sciamma, winner of the Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
In late eighteenth-century France, a female painter is commissioned to paint the portrait of a reluctant bride without her knowledge. Under the guise of a lady’s companion, artist Marianne (Noémie Merlant) accompanies Héloïse (Adèle Haenel) throughout her day while covertly painting at night. As the portrait takes shape, Marianne begins to notice that her intense gaze is reciprocated by Héloïse. Sciamma’s film unfolds with a tense eroticism through exquisite performances and delicately lush imagery.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Céline Sciamma
- Producer: Bénédicte Couvreur
- Cast: Adèle Haenel
- Rights: Madman Entertainment
- Screening Format: DCP
- Production Companies: Lilies Films, Arte France Cinéma, Hold Up Films
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 119 minutes
- Country: France
- Language: French