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Original Name: Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu
English Name: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Year: 2019
Run Time: 119’
Language: French
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: France
Director: Céline Sciamma
Producer: Bénédicte Couvreur
Cast: Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Valeria Golino,
Luana Bajrami
Screenplay: Céline Sciamma
Cinematographer: Claire Mathon
Editor: Julien Lacheray
Sound Designer: Julien Sicart, Valérie Deloof,
Daniel Sobrino
Music Composer: Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, Arthur Simonini
Costume Designer: Dorothée Guiraud
Production Designer: Thomas Grézaud
Production Company: Lilies Films
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Céline Sciamma was born on November 12, 1980 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France. She debuted with Water Lillies (2007) which was the first part of coming of age trilogy. It was followed by Tomboy (2011), Girlhood (2014). All her films have been part of the line up and award winners at festivals like Cannes, Berlin and many others. Céline's films have had deep impact on contemporary French society and education system, where her films are referred as educational material. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire has won her Best Screenplay and Queer Palm at Cannes 2019.
Brittany, France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all.
