“…a deeply stirring romance with a modern soul, and also a forcefully, compassionately feminist one…”
– A. A. Dowd, AV Club

Set on an isolated island in Brittany, France in 1760, Céline Sciamma’s incendiary Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an intimate and lush period piece that crackles with the intensity of first love. Artist Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a reluctant bride-to-be who has just left the convent. Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom. The portrait soon becomes a collaborative act and a testament to their love. In French with English subtitles. Rated R. Director: Céline Sciamma (France 2020) 119 min