Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)

Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride-to-be, and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all. Both Héloïse and Marianne find themselves defying social conventions and see in each other a means of escape. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an intimate and deeply moving period drama about freedom and desire.