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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

France 122 min.

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.

Brittany, France, 1760. Painter Marianne is given the task of making a wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young girl who has just left the convent. Héloïse is destined to marry against her will, and Marianne has to paint her without her knowledge. Day after day she watches her and secretly paints her during the night. Intimacy and attraction are soon born between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom together, and until Marianne paints a portrait that will mark the end of their relationship.

Showtime

  • Fri 17.01.2020. 20:00

Location

Rector's palace

Poljana Šime Budinića
23000 Zadar

Original title
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Director
Céline Sciamma
Scenario
Céline Sciamma
Actors
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras
Photography
Claire Mathon
Production
Lilies Films, Arte France Cinéma, Hold Up Films
Distribution
Discovery