Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Shorts
Wed
6
Wed 6 May 6:30 PM
Bellarine Arts Centre (Potato Shed)
Subtitled
150 Mins
May
"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" is accompanied by a small selection of short films.
Marianne is a young painter in 18th-Century France, commissioned to do a wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. Marianne disguises herself as her companion to get closer to her subject – observing by day and secretly painting at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women. The portrait soon becomes a collaborative act and testament to their love.
"Superbly elegant....gripping" The Guardian
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma, 2019, France, 119mins, French with English Subtitles, M15+ Mature themes and nudity
Marianne is a young painter in 18th-Century France, commissioned to do a wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. Marianne disguises herself as her companion to get closer to her subject – observing by day and secretly painting at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women. The portrait soon becomes a collaborative act and testament to their love.
"Superbly elegant....gripping" The Guardian
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Director: Céline Sciamma, 2019, France, 119mins, French with English Subtitles, M15+ Mature themes and nudity