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Portrait of a lady on fire /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3160BD | The Criterion Collection1034 | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681437323
  • 1681437325
Other title:
  • French title from container : Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Uniform titles:
  • Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .P67 2020
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Julien Lacheray ; costume designer, Dorothée Guiraud ; set designer, Thomas Grézaud ; original music, Para One and Arthur Simonini.
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino.Summary: France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, 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 Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and a testament to their love.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00652 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050316497%

Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

Special features: new conversation between director Céline Sciamma and film critic Dana Stevens ; new interviews with actors Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant ; interview with cinematographer Claire Mathon from the 2019 Cannes Film Festival ; interview from 2019 with artist Hélène Delmaire on creating the paintings for the film, along with behind-the-scenes footage ; on insert, an essay by film critic Ela Bittencourt.

MPAA rating: R; for some nudity and sexuality.

Blu-ray; region A; wide screen (1.85:1); 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio; requires Blu-ray player.

French dialogue; optional English subtitles.

Title and credits from screen.

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