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She has been commissioned to paint a portrait of a young woman of the gentry named Héloïse, who is to be married off to a Milanese nobleman. Years previously, Marianne arrives on a distant island in Brittany. One of her students asks her about a painting of hers, which Marianne calls Portrait de la jeune fille en feu. It was nominated for Independent Spirit Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top five foreign language films of 2019.Īt the end of the eighteenth century, Marianne, a painter, is teaching an art class in France. The film was theatrically released in France on 18 September 2019. Sciamma also won the award for Best Screenplay at Cannes. The film won the Queer Palm at Cannes, becoming the first film directed by a woman to win the award. Portrait of a Lady on Fire was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
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Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of a lesbian affair between an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait. Portrait of a Lady on Fire ( French: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, lit.'Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire') is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel.