72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu / Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Céline Sciamma
France      119 m.
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French Brittany, 1770. Marianne is an artist commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young girl who recently left the convent. Héloïse doesn’t accept her fate as a married woman and refuses to pose, meaning that Marianne must work in secret. To do it, she pretends to be her lady-in-waiting, so that she can observe the girl by day and paint her at night. Their relationship grows more intense as they share Héloïse's last moments of freedom before her wedding.

Director
Céline Sciamma
Screenplay
Céline Sciamma
Production
Lilies Films (France)
Bénédicte Couvreur
Sales
MK2 (France)
Distribution
Karma Films (Spain)
Photography
Claire Mathon
Edition
Julien Lacheray
Music
Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, Arthur Simonini
Cast
Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Valeria Golino
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
119 m.
Country
France
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