2019 · 121 min · R

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Name: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2019
Duration: 121 min
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras

Directed by Céline Sciamma · Drama, Romance

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) is a Drama film, directed by Céline Sciamma set in Brittany during the 1700s. It runs 121 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of love & longing, memory & nostalgia, and freedom & oppression play out through frame narrative.

Composer

Para OneArthur Simonini

Cinematography

Claire Mathon

Cast

Noémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiValeria GolinoChristel BarasArmande BoulangerGuy DelamarcheClément Bouyssou

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Brittany

Setting

Island Coastal Sea

When

1700s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing Memory & Nostalgia Freedom & Oppression

Structure

Frame Narrative

Tone

MelancholicRomanticContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

Two HanderFemale Led

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Balanced

Based on

Pure Fiction

1996
A Summer's Tale
Dinard — 1990s
Coastal Seadir. Éric Rohmer
1995
La Cérémonie
Brittany — 1990s
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2020s · 1990s
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1967
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England · France · Brittany — 1940s
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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