Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Sep 18, 2019

2h 1m

★ 8.1

Don't regret. Remember.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

History

Production Companies

Lilies Films

ARTE France Cinéma

Hold Up Films

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Trailers

Cast

Marianne

Noémie Merlant

Héloïse

Adèle Haenel

Sophie

Luàna Bajrami

La Comtesse

Valeria Golino

La faiseuse d'ange

Christel Baras

L'élève atelier

Armande Boulanger

L'homme salon

Guy Delamarche

Le batelier

Clément Bouyssou

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