PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Director: Celine Sciamma
Screenwriter(s): Celine Sciamma
Preview: https://youtu.be/R-fQPTwma9o
Come join us this Saturday for a screening of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The French film won Best Screenplay at the 2019 Cannes, and was one of the very best reviewed films of the past year (a 98% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes). Some have argued that it should have been the French entry for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.
Summary: France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Heloise, 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 Heloise by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Heloise's first moments of freedom. Heloise's portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and testament to their love.
Rotten Tomatoes blurb:
A singularly rich period piece, Portrait of a Lady on Fire finds stirring, thought-provoking drama within a powerfully acted romance.
Location:
AMC La Jolla. Meet in the theater bar area.
Time:
6pm on February 29. We'll head into the theater 5 minutes before curtain.
