Movies like Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Key Features:: Forbidden love, Female bonding, Historical drama, Lesbian romance, Artists life, Period piece, Social constraints, Emotional connection, Isolation, Male gaze, Painting, 18th century, Brittany, Character study
Tone:: restrained, poetic, serious
Target Audience:: Art house enthusiasts, Historical drama fans, LGBTQ+ audience, Romantics
Emotional Arc:: Intrigue → Connection → Longing

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019-09-18

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

Cast

Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger, Guy Delamarche, Clément Bouyssou

Crew

Céline Sciamma, Céline Sciamma

Rating

★8.108(2806 votes)