Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 8.1
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-09-06
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (2,943 votes)
- Box office
- $10,106,374
Themes
- island
- fire
- beach
- arranged marriage
- classical music
- painting
- painter
- greek mythology
- lesbian relationship
- person on fire
- period drama
- lesbian sex
- +16 more
Awards & recognition
- Dorian Award — LGBTQ Film of the Year · 2019
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2019
- European University Film Award · 2019
- Queer Palm · 2019
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2019 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Director · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2019 · nominated
- European University Film Award · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Guy Delamarche
as L'homme salon
Clément Bouyssou
as Le batelier
Directed by Céline Sciamma