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2020

Format:	Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Portrait of a lady on fire / Neon and Lilies Films present ; in association with Arte France Cinéma and Hold-Up Films & Productions ; produced by Bénédicte Couvreur ; written and directed by Céline Sciamma.
Edition:	Widescreen. Blu-ray edition.
Publisher, Date:	[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2020 ©2019.
Description:	1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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's first moments of freedom. Héloïse's portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love.
Target Audience Note:	[MPAA rating: R (for some nudity and sexuality)].
Series:	Criterion Collection ; 1034 Criterion collection ; 1034.
Subjects:	Arranged marriage -- Drama. Lesbians -- Drama. Lesbian artists -- Drama. Women artists -- Drama. Woman-woman relationships -- Drama. Foreign language films (French) Foreign films -- France. France -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Genre:	Feature films. Historical films. Romance films. Queer films
Other Author:	Sciamma, Céline, 1980- director, screenwriter. Merlant, Noémie, 1988- actor. Haenel, Adèle, actor. Bajrami, Luàna, 2001- actor. Golino, Valeria, actor. Couvreur, Bénédicte, producer. Neon Productions, presenter. Lilies Films, presenter. Arte France Cinéma (Firm) production company. Hold-up Films, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm) distribution company.
Other Title:	Portrait de la juene fille en feu.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Special features include: New conversation with 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; Plus, an essay by film critic Ela Bittencourt. Director, Celine Sciamma. Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino. [French; subtitles in English].
ISBN:	9781681437323
Publisher or Distributor Number:	CC3160BD
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