Portrait of a lady on fire
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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.
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EVENT LOGISTICS
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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EVENT CONFIRMATION
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BUY TICKETS ONLINE
To ensure you will have a ticket, purchase your tickets online and reserve your seat at earliest convenience.
The following is a link to the showtime at AMC La Jolla. Please check and double check that it is the correct show time before purchasing: AMC LA JOLLA AT 6:20 PM, Saturday Feb 29 2020:
Join us in the middle of row F.
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On the day of the event, MEET with your organizer, Dave, by the bar in the theater's lobby. We'll catch up and grab drinks before heading into the theater about 5 min to curtain.
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MOVIE
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DISCUSSION. Afterwards, we'll return to lobby bar to discuss the movie.
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MEMBERSHIP & RSVP
• To keep dialogue manageable, attendee number will usually be limited to 10 people.
• We don’t accept plus ones; just join the group!
• If you RSVP, you are expected to attend or update your attendance ASAP. No shows will be removed from the group.
• If you can’t commit to the event, don’t RSVP. Let members on the waiting list join the event.
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COMMUNITY & DISCUSSION
Let’s celebrate film and learn about filmmaking together.
As openers to discussion, tell us what you really enjoyed about the film. What did you find remarkable, and how did the filmmakers make it so?
Conversely, what might you have done differently if you had been the filmmaker? If something didn’t quite work for you, imagine if you're in the writers room, and pitch an idea for a different approach. If you had some issues with the movie, you should still appreciate that the filmmakers poured their lives into the project.
Let’s be specific in our answers, avoid nonconstructive absolutes, and welcome all ideas (especially if they differ from your own).
Portrait of a lady on fire