Portrait Of A Lady On Fire

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.
French and Italian with English subtitles.

Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay, and Queer Palm award winner, and Palme d’Or nominee!
Hamburg Film Festival: Best Feature award winner!
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Cinematographer award winner!
New York Film Critics, Online: Best Foreign Language Film award winner!

98% All Critics / 98% Top Critics / 94% Audience Score! “A singularly rich period piece, Portrait of a Lady on Fire finds stirring, thought-provoking drama within a powerfully acted romance.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

5 Stars! “this glorious, spare and heartfelt story is about lovers coding their feelings onto worldly things, and the dance of desire that precedes the birth of love.” (Empire)

5 Stars! “a masterpiece about two women in love…It’s a great film, but what makes it especially satisfying is that it feels like a pure expression of Sciamma’s worldview and artistry, with no strain or compromise about it.” (San Francisco Chronicle)