MOVIE – PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU
Directed by: Céline Sciamma
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami
Year: 2020
Duration: 120 minutes
Language: French
Subtitles: English
35 Wins & 99 Nominations, including:
Golden Globe Nominee – Best Foreign Language Motion Picture
Cannes Film Festival – Winner Best Screenplay & Queer Palm, and Palme d’Or nominee
“A film that truly earns the term exquisite” – Vanity Fair
“A ravishing celebration of female passion and desire” – Little White Lies
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Brittany, France, 1760. 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.
Noémie Merlant (Marianne) and Adèle Haenel (Héloïse) turn the subtle act of looking into a dangerous, engrossing thrill, crafting the most breathtaking and elegant performances of the year.
