Film · 2019 · 2h 1m

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Drama · Romance

IMDb 8.0 out of 10Rotten Tomatoes 98%

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It's the whole point

The love story is the plot. Everything else is scenery.

Field notes

Why it’s a 5/5
  • Sapphic lead
  • Very steamy

Paint me like one of your French girls

  • Women in sheets
  • Staring is part of the job
  • Paints, draws or photographs her.

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The plot

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.

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