#portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

[starxcxboy]

— Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), written and directed by Céline Sciamma.

[escapismthroughfilm]

#113

[florencewelchsgrapejuice]

i hate to pit two bad bitches against each other but i genuinely wanna know which one y'all prefer

anyway both of these movies are five years old now can time stop ceaselessly moving forward please

[lajoiedefrancoise]

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

[lullabiesinaglasswilderness]

« Il faut que vous sachiez une chose. Elle a déjà épuisé un peintre avant vous. Avec une idée simple en vérité : elle a refusé de poser. Il n’a jamais vu son visage. »

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) (2019) Céline Sciamma

January 14th 2024

[food-in-movies]

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

[mydarkapron]

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE | PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU, 2019

Céline Sciamma

[mostlygibberish]

"After a while, you’ll see her when you think of me."

I liked the part with the portrait.

Beautiful, tragic, and devastating. Portrait of a Lady on Fire took its time to draw me in with a meticulously paced emotional escalation, but by the time it ended (with a masterfully heartbreaking long take) I was utterly captivated.

Strong, emotive performances throughout, especially between Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. The sparse use of dialogue and total lack of score placed an almost tangible significance on every exchange between them, and the use of the Vivaldi song as a recurring, diegetic motif was a great touch. I found the introduction of dreamlike visuals in the latter half a bit surprising, but it worked well.

The scene in which they discussed the story of Orpheus and Eurydice was particularly good. I loved the way Héloïse's interpretation, of choosing the memory over the person, turned prophetic. The moment near the end when Marianne heard Héloïse's voice plea for her to look back, echoing the story and symbolising the moment their relationship became a memory, was simply perfect.

An incredibly moving story. Highly recommended.

[celine-song]

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

[comicaloverachiever]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire / Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

'There’s this French author named Annie Ernaux, and she wrote a book about her own abortion, and in this book, she says there is no museum in the world where there is a frame called “The Abortion.” It’s an everyday thing, but it’s never represented. And why?' - Céline Sciamma in an interview with Vox [x]

[kizzyedgelll]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu) (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

"Your mother will let you go out alone tomorrow. You'll be free." "Being free is being alone?" "You don't think so?" "I'll tell you tomorrow."

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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE | PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

[lajoiedefrancoise]

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

[asoftepiloguemylove]

"I THOUGHT OF YOU." // CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH

Adrianne Lenker anything // Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma // Ingmar Bergman from a letter to Liv Ullmann // Sonya Vatomsky Salt Is For Curing // Isaac Marion Warm Bodies // Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma // Richard Siken Crush // Leah Horlick For Your Own Good // Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma // Roland Barthes A Lover's Discourse: Fragments // Bret Easton Ellis The Rules of Attraction // Thomas E. Yingling "My Way Home is Through You," Hart Crane and the Homosexual Text: New Thresholds, New Anatomies // Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma // Adrianne Lenker anything // Frank Bidart "Guilty of Dust," Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 // Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma // Yrsa Daley-Ward Bone

[violaobanion]

PERIOD DRAMA + HANDS*:･ﾟ✧

Marie Antoinette (2006) dir. Sofia Coppola The Great Gatsby (2013) dir. Baz Luhrmann Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes Titanic (1997) dir. James Cameron Die Kaiserin (2022-) dir. Florian Cossen & Katrin Gebbe War & Peace (2016) dir. Tom Harper Jane Eyre (2011) dir. Cary Joji  Fukunaga Atonement (2007) dir. Joe Wright