Portrait of a lady on fire = Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
by
Sciamma, Céline, 1980- film director, screenwriter.
Title
:
Portrait of a lady on fire = Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Alternate title
:
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Author
:
Sciamma, Céline, 1980- film director, screenwriter.
Couvreur, Bénédicte, film producer.
Mathon, Claire, director of photography.
Lacheray, Julien, editor of moving image work.
Guiraud, Dorothée, costume designer.
Grézaud, Thoma, production desginer.
Merlant, Noémie, 1988- actor.
Haenel, Adèle, actor.
Bajrami, Luàna, 2001- actor.
Golino, Valeria, actor.
Bittencourt, Ela, 1975- writer of supplementary textual content.
Neon (Firm), production company.
ARTE France. production company.
Hold up Films, production company.
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France), production company.
Île-de-France (France), production company.
Canal+ Group (Firm), production company.
Ciné+ (France), production company.
Pyramide (Firm), production company.
MK2 Productions, production company.
Cinécap 2 (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Series Number
:
1034.
Summary
:
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 two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse's first moments of freedom. Héloïse's portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love.
Audience
:
MPAA rating: R; for some nudity and sexuality.
General Note
:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new conversation between director Céline Sciamma and film critic Dana Stevens ; new interviews with actors Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant ; interview with cinematographer Claire Mathon from the 2019 Cannes Film Festival ; interview from 2019 with artist Hélène Delmaire on creating the paintings for the film, along with behind-the-scenes footage ; an essay by film critic Ela Bittencourt.
Edition
:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Genre
:
Historical films.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Films in French.
Subject Term
:
Arranged marriage -- Drama.
Lesbians -- Drama.
Women artists -- France -- Drama.
Gay artists -- France -- Drama.
Lesbian artists -- France -- Drama.
Geographic Term
:
France -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
Sciamma, Céline, 1980-
Couvreur, Bénédicte,
Mathon, Claire,
Lacheray, Julien,
Guiraud, Dorothée,
Grézaud, Thoma,
Merlant, Noémie, 1988-
Haenel, Adèle,
Bajrami, Luàna, 2001-
Golino, Valeria,
Bittencourt, Ela, 1975-
Added Corporate Author
:
Neon (Firm),
ARTE France.
Hold up Films,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (France),
Île-de-France (France),
Canal+ Group (Firm),
Ciné+ (France),
Pyramide (Firm),
MK2 Productions,
Cinécap 2 (Firm),
Criterion Collection (Firm),
Publisher
:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date
:
2020
2019
ISBN
:
9781681437330
Publication Information
:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
©2020
Call Number
:
DVD PORTRAIT
| Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| 33607003480103 | Foreign Language DVDs | PORTRAIT | Checked In |