2019122 min15+
Languages: French
Subtitles: English / French
Countries: France
Audio: Dolby Digital
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
9.0 (230,000 ratings)A forbidden love smolders on a remote island.
Painter Marianne is commissioned to secretly sketch bride-to-be Héloïse on a windswept Breton island. Shared gazes ignite love that must live only in memory and on canvas.
Creative team
- Director(s): Céline Sciamma
- Writer(s): Céline Sciamma
- Cast:
- Noémie Merlant — Marianne
- Adèle Haenel — Héloïse
- Luàna Bajrami — Sophie
Highlights & awards
- Awards:72nd Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay
- Highlights:
- Bonfire chant sequence
- Portrait reveal
- Final concert shot
- Themes: Freedom / Memory / Love
- Content warnings: Emotional intensity
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