Portrait of a lady on fire / Neon and Lilies Films present ; in association with Arte France Cinéma and Hold-Up Films & Productions ; with the participation of CNC ; with the support of La Région Île-de-France ; with the participation of Canal+, Ciné+, Arte France ; in association with Pyramide, MK2 Films, Cinécap 2 ; produced by Bénédicte Couvreur ; written and directed by Céline Sciamma.

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 tw...

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Uniform Title:	Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Sciamma, Céline, 1980- (Screenwriter) Couvreur, Bénédicte (Cinematographer) Mathon, Claire (Costume designer) Lacheray, Julien (Actor) Guiraud, Dorothée (Actor) Grézaud, Thoma (Actor) Merlant, Noémie, 1988- (Actor) Haenel, Adèle (essayist.) Bajrami, Luàna, 2001- Golino, Valeria Bittencourt, Ela, 1975-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020] ©2020
Edition:	Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 1034.
Subjects:	Arranged marriage > Drama. Lesbians > Drama. Women artists > France > Drama. Gay artists > France > Drama. France > 18th century > Drama. DVD-Video discs. Feature films. Historical films. Romance films. Lesbian films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.