Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Date
Hour
Place
08/08
21:00
CASTLE, KAZIMIERZ DOLNY


Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
reż|dir Céline Sciamma | FR | 2019 | 122 min
prod|pro Bénédicte Couvreur scen|wr Céline Sciamma zdj|ph Claire Mathon muz|mus Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, Arthur Simonini mon|ed Julien Lacheray ob|cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami dys|dis Gutek Film

DESCRIPTION

Brittany, 1770. A part of the dowry of the rich noblewoman Heloise is her portrait. But it has to be painted in secret from its heroine. She also does not know the details of her own planned marriage. An emancipated painter Marianne, who is supposed to pretend to be her lady for company, is hired to create the portrait. Stormy, flamboyant, painterly images. Hidden emotions, which explode with full strength. The protagonists of the film are challenging their times. The director does not give clear answers, what can be first taken as a melodrama turns out to be a full of tension thriller and switching points of view reveal further concepts.


AWARDS
2020 Golden Globes – nominated for Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
2020 BAFTA – nominated for Award for Best Film in Foreign Language
2019 Cannes FF – nominated for Palme d'Or
2020 César Awards – nominated for César for Best Film
2020 Goya Awards – nominated for Award for Best European Film
2019 Cannes FF – award for Best Screenplay
2019 Cannes FF – Queer Palm
2020 César Awards – nominated for César for Best Original Screenplay
2020 César Awards – nominated for César for Best Director
2020 César Awards – two nominations for César for Best Actress

DIRECTOR
Céline Sciamma (1978), French director and writer. She graduated from the prestigious La Fémis film school in Paris. She made her debut in 2007 with the film "Water Lilies", which was presented at the 60th edition of the Cannes IFF. She was multiple times nominated for the Caesars for her work. She is one of the most important voices of feminism in France, supporting a 50/50 initiative before 2020 on parity in the film industry. She is the author of the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated animated film titled "My Life as a Courgette".

FILMOGRAPHY
2019 Portret kobiety w ogniu|Portrait de la jeune fille en feu|Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2014 Dziewczyny z bandy|Bande de filles|Girlhood
2011 Chłopczyca|Tomboy
2007 Lilie wodne|Naissance des pieuvres|Water Lilies

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