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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

  • 2019
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  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
121K
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Adèle Haenel in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)
Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. In Theaters December 6.
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Céline Sciamma
  • Writer
    • Céline Sciamma
  • Stars
    • Noémie Merlant
    • Adèle Haenel
    • Luàna Bajrami
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    121K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    975
    241
    • Director
      • Céline Sciamma
    • Writer
      • Céline Sciamma
    • Stars
      • Noémie Merlant
      • Adèle Haenel
      • Luàna Bajrami
    • 529User reviews
    • 313Critic reviews
    • 95Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 59 wins & 156 nominations total

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    Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Trailer 2:16
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    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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    Noémie Merlant
    Noémie Merlant
    • Marianne
    Adèle Haenel
    Adèle Haenel
    • Héloïse
    Luàna Bajrami
    Luàna Bajrami
    • Sophie
    Valeria Golino
    Valeria Golino
    • La Comtesse
    Christel Baras
    • La faiseuse d'ange
    Armande Boulanger
    Armande Boulanger
    • L'élève atelier
    Guy Delamarche
    • L'homme salon
    Clément Bouyssou
    • Le batelier
    Michèle Clément
    Michèle Clément
    • Une paysanne
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Céline Sciamma
    • Writer
      • Céline Sciamma
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews529

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    9MovieJunkie5

    Beautiful movie

    For starters, I can't possibly understand the lack of Oscar nominations for this movie. One of the best movies of the year, not only foreign. The acting is superb and would put Merlant (or even Haenel) instead of Charlize Theron for example. The cinematography is breathtaking, the shots are long and so beautiful put. It's such a smooth transition between the characters and the plot with such attention to detail. Really gorgeous and it locks your eyes on screen and the end... jesus christ, emotions running high. Really recommend it!
    8karolina_si

    Art

    Whole movie is a piece of art. The development of the action is slow, as is the painting process. As with the picture, this film takes shape towards the end. It's a movie about love between a painter and her muse. I loved how much the gaze meant in this film. Citing the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is not accidental. This outlines the characters. Marianne as Orpheus makes the decision of the poet, she chose a memory of Héloise. She goes to the Opera to see her beloved. She states that Héloise has not seen her. I think Héloïse felt her presence, but she did not look around, she makes a lover's decision.

    To understand the beauty of that movie, you need to watch it. It might be boring film in the beginning, but it shows how real is it. Beautiful scenes, shots. I loved the landscape of the sea. The best part of it is also how art connects with the whole plot, story. There is no background soundtrack. The music becomes an important part of the story. Speaking about melodies and painting, two main characters are in fact speaking about themself. Héloise asks Marianne when she knows that she finished the painting, Marianne answers it and the same talks about their relation. There are many details that makes that movie even more beautiful.
    JohnDeSando

    It's a beauty speaking to all lovers.

    "When you asked if I had known love. I could tell the answer was yes. And that it was now. "Marianne (Noemie Merlant)

    No art form has struggled more to get the depiction of love just right than film. Portrait of a Lady on Fire gets it almost perfect, and it's Sapphic! All you modest types don't need to worry-writer director Celine Siamma stresses the longing and the dance of love much more than its physicality. Two young women spend most of this beautiful romance just getting to the first dance, and the journey is as exciting and anguishing as it was for us in those early years of exploring.

    Late 18th century Marianne has been hired to paint young Heloise (Adele Haenel) for her wedding portrait. Not that you can't guess what is going to happen while the first portrait is being painted, but the film languishes long and deep on the glances between these two potential lovers. Those gazes encapsulate the truth of their affections and the high-mindedness of their intentions.

    Perhaps the business of painting lends the ethereal quality to their love, which is born of the imagination and fleetingly put on canvas forever. It's just that the slow, loving pace of the camera and the conceit lend a mystery (Will they connect?) and a sweetness (how transforming love can be from a scowl to a smile).

    The cinematography, especially of the rugged cliffs and the sea, is well-aligned with the power and danger of their tender love. Not even mother's (Valeira Golino) affection for her remote daughter pales next to the burgeoning passion of the leads.

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire fiercely speaks to the fire, conventional or not, that can burn in all of us. Leave it to film to bring out the love in our hearts.

    "To love pure and chaste from afar." Man of La Mancha
    mandshurt

    Spellbinding!

    Amazing cinematography and acting! Beautiful film! Minimal dialogue made up for with major body language and emotional expression.
    10jcc_murray

    Achingly beautiful

    I cannot recall the last time I watched a film that had me utterly mesmerised from the very start to the very end without a single interruption. Everything about this film is so lovingly crafted, from the nuanced and commanding central performances to the cinematography and subtly woven storyline - they all combine to produce a genuine piece of cinematic art. The lighting and palette drew inspiration from 18th century paintings, there are scenes in this film that will stay with me fore some time... and the slowly building inevitable climax to the story is heart achingly gratifying. An utterly original and beautiful instant classic that somehow didn't capture the attention of the Oscars Academy!

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The paintings by Marianne were all created by painter Hélène Delmaire, whom Noémie Merlant worked closely with to inform her character's perspectives and sight lines when painting.
    • Goofs
      When the shipper boxes up the portrait to send to Italy, he uses wire nails. Wire nails weren't invented until the 1860s. He would have used cut nails.
    • Quotes

      Héloïse: When you're observing me, who do you think I'm observing?

    • Crazy credits
      The film's title is only spoken at the beginning and does not appear on screen until almost the end of the credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: 'Faster than your First Time' Reviews (Joker, Jojo Rabbit, Lucy in the Sky and everything else) (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
      (Bande originale du film)

      Para One, Arthur Simonini

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    • Does anyone knows what kind of herb the two women used to "fly" together on the bed? On their armpits?
    • Listening to the French, I thought the formal "vous" was used every time, even in the most intimate scenes. Why would they not use the familiar "tu" in those scenes? Actually, I believe I heard the familiar exactly once: near the end, when Héloïse says "Turn around," it sounded like "Retourne-toi". I wish I could check the script! Is that really what she said?
    • What are the words to the song the women want together near the him fire? Were they celebrating a festival day?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 2019 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Apple TV store (MENA - Official)
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Retrato de una mujer en llamas
    • Filming locations
      • Saint-Pierre Quiberon, Morbihan, France(beach and sea arch)
    • Production companies
      • Lilies Films
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Hold Up Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,860,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,759,854
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $67,344
      • Dec 8, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,869,497
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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