Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Directors
Céline Sciamma
Actors
- Noémie Merlant
- Adèle Haenel
- Luàna Bajrami
Credits: 6
Summary
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.
More about this movie
In 18th-century France young painter Marianne, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. Therefore, Marianne must observe her model by day to paint her portrait at night. Day by day, the two women become closer as they share Héloïse's last moments of freedom before the impending wedding.