Adèle Haenel, one of France’s most prominent young actresses, walked out after Roman Polanski won the best director award at the Césars. Director Céline Sciamma and several others followed.
Kristen Stewart recently revealed in an interview that Portrait of a Lady on Fire was her favorite film of 2019: “What a movie! I loved it! I’ve seen all of Celine Sciamma’s films, she’s so good. I like Adele Haenel very much too.”
Thank you for your love, Portrait Nation.
"Its debut is one of the best averages of any French film in the US in the last 20 years, behind AMELIE and COCO CHANEL."
This film is EVERYTHING. Definitely a favorite love story. Sobbed through the last 15 min and then rewound and watched the ending 3 times.
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"Love is falling in love with the brain of somebody, the intellectual relationship. Love is creating something together – a language and a piece of art.” Céline Sciamma
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"Silent scenes are scenes when you can actually talk."
Céline Scaiamma shares the importance of non-verbal communication in her work.
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“I knew I wanted it to be new, to have new images, new rhythm, new feeling, but I always want it to be new."
Portrait of Lady on Fire Writer/Director Céline Sciamma
“The tension around the gaze is the plot of the film, you could even see it as a manifesto around the female gaze. Thinking about representation is also thinking about how you’re gonna build new rights."
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Writer/Director Céline Sciamma
Saw Portrait of a Lady on Fire for a 3rd time tonight with
@blakeinholland
who shed beautifully loud tears &
@britmarling
who “died” in the theater & then whispered: “Finally, someone has done it.” Every filmmaker, every woman, every human should see this film to see what “it” is
“An exceptionally refreshing vision of both emotional and physical intimacy. Céline Sciamma captures the essence of queer women’s desire in a way many other movies have tried and failed.”
@renjender
When someone contributes to changing your way of seeing the world, your instinct is to believe the lack of that person implies losing it all. But in Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma says no, your life is forever changed and nothing is really lost. Love is constructive.
"I was influenced by the portraits that we looked at during our preparation... I wanted to give the impression that they (Marianne and Héloïse) were themselves the light of the film, which created a sense of abstraction reminiscent of paintings." Claire Mathon
Claire Mathon, the DP behind 2019 standouts PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE and ATLANTICS, talks to
@Yonca_Talu
about working with directors to craft a distinctive look.
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"At first distant, proper and ladylike, it slowly turns into something passionate, truthful, and almost unbearably intimate." -
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"An exquisitely realized story about forbidden love, forgotten art and the implicit power of a woman’s gaze" -
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