Portrait of a lady on fire, director, Céline Sciamma
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Portrait of a lady on fire, director, Céline Sciamma
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Rating: R; for some nudity and sexuality
Main title
Portrait of a lady on fire
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1152201059
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director, Céline Sciamma
Runtime
121
Summary
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love
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live action
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