Keswick Film Festival

Sunday 1st March 5:00 PM - Alhambra

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Director: Céline Sciamma Country: France
Cert: 15 Year: 2019 Length: 119 mins
F-Rated
2020 Festival
Book Tickets Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Audience Reaction

Score: 81.83% Attendance: 181

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Winner of the Best Screenplay and Queer Palm at Cannes, this sumptuous film is set at the end of the 18th century with the rugged coast of Brittany as a constant backdrop.

Marianne is an artist commissioned to paint a portrait of a reluctant Lady Héloïse – a portrait that is to be sent to a potential husband in Venice.

As the artist observes her model the glances between the two women become more and more meaningful.

Thanks to Curzon

Critics

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It is so very easy to label a film incendiary, but Portrait of a Lady on Fire deserves the scalding honour. It will ignite every flame you might have.
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Globe And Mail



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Films this exquisite are rare and we should appreciate the treasure of seeing a film with cinematography such as this on a big screen.
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Fiona Underhill, Filmotomy



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Her transfixing film, about the heady experience of an impossible first love, is a timeless work of art
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone



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