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Uniform Title Portrait de la jeune fille en feu.
Title Portrait of a lady on fire / Neon and Lilies Films present ; in association with Arte France Cinéma and Hold-Up Films ; with the participation of CNC ; with the support of La Région Île-de-France ; with the participation of Canal + Ciné + Arte France ; in association with Pyramide, MK2 Films, Cinécap 2 ; producer, Bénédicte Couvreur ; written and directed by Céline Sciamma.

Publication Info. [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD FOREIGN PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE    Check Shelf
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Edition Director-approved DVD special edition.
Description 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
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Series Criterion Collection ; 1034.
Criterion collection ; 1034.
System Details DVD, wide screen (wide screen 1.85:1), 5.1 surround, region 1.
Note Title from disc surface.
Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel.
Credits Cinematography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Julien Lacheray ; costume designer, Dorothée Guiraud ; set designer, Thomas Grézaud.
Note Wide screen (1.85:1).
Audience Rating: R; for some nudity and sexuality.
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 first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love.
Note 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.
Language French dialogue; English subtitles.
Subject Arranged marriage -- Drama.
Lesbians -- Drama.
Women artists -- France -- Drama.
Gay artists -- France -- Drama.
France -- 18th century -- Drama.
Gay artists. (OCoLC)fst00939057
Lesbians. (OCoLC)fst00996540
Women artists. (OCoLC)fst01177159
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Genre/Form Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Historical films. (OCoLC)fst01710314
Romance fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921732
Historical films.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Added Author Sciamma, Céline, 1980- director, screenwriter.
Mathon, Claire, cinematographer.
Lacheray, Julien, film editor.
Guiraud, Dorothée, costume designer.
Grézaud, Thoma, production desginer.
Merlant, Noémie, 1988- actor.
Haenel, Adèle, actor.
Bittencourt, Ela, 1975- essayist.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Standard No. 715515247610
ISBN 9781681437330
1681437333
Music No. CC3161DDVD The Criterion Collection
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