---
title: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Céline Sciamma'
released: '2019-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 121
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
themes:
  - 'The Rehearsal Room'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8613070/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

2019 · R · 121 min · Drama, Romance, History · France

Original title: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

## Synopsis

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of a brief affair between two young women: an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait. It was Haenel's final film role before retiring from the film industry in 2023.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Céline Sciamma](https://cinepixo.com/people/celine-sciamma)
- **Screenplay:** [Céline Sciamma](https://cinepixo.com/people/celine-sciamma)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Para One](https://cinepixo.com/people/para-one)
- **Producer:** [Bénédicte Couvreur](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedicte-couvreur)
- **Director of Photography:** [Claire Mathon](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-mathon)
- **Editor:** [Julien Lacheray](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-lacheray)

## Cast

- [Christel Baras](https://cinepixo.com/people/christel-baras)
- [Noémie Merlant](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemie-merlant) as Marianne
- [Adèle Haenel](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-haenel) as Héloïse
- [Luàna Bajrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-bajrami) as Sophie
- [Valeria Golino](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-golino)
- [Armande Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/armande-boulanger)

## Themes & motifs

- [The Rehearsal Room](https://cinepixo.com/topics/the-rehearsal-room) (motif) — The sittings are the love story: looking, correcting, scraping the paint back — Sciamma shoots the work of making a likeness as the work of knowing someone.

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Official site: https://www.portraitmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-2019
Film facts: Wikidata (Q63246568); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.