Portrait of a Lady On Fire

Synopsis

Heralded by many as the film that rewrote the textbook on the female gaze, Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the film which propelled Sciamma to worldwide fame, earning her a Golden Globe nomination. The lesbian period drama which had people flocking to cinemas to experience the most intense look-exchange in film since Carol was chosen by all of us at CFF to celebrate our anniversary. A love story in-the-making, the film unites two stellar French talents – Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant – in an entrancing, slow-burner romance on the coast of Brittany.