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Portrait of a lady on fire

DVD

2020

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Title:	Portrait of a lady on fire / director, Céline Sciamma.
Call Number:	DVD FRENCH P
Publisher, Date:	[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Description:	1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video
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 first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: R; for some nudity and sexuality.
Subjects:	Lesbians -- Drama. Women artists -- France -- Drama. Gay artists -- France -- Drama. French language DVDs. World DVDs.
Genre:	Historical films. Romance fiction. Feature films. Lesbian drama. Gay drama.
Other Author:	Sciamma, Céline, 1980- director. Merlant, Noémie, 1988- actor. Haenel, Adèle, actor. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Other Title:	At head of title: The Criterion Collection presents
Notes:	Title from sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: new conversation between 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, along with behind-the-scenes footage ; an essay by film critic Ela Bittencourt. Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel. DVD, wide screen (wide screen 1.85:1), 5.1 surround. Can be viewed subtitled in English.
ISBN:	9781681437330 1681437333

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