Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Sep 18 2019
•2h 1m
•Drama, Romance, History
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Cast
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Noémie Merlant
Marianne
Adèle Haenel
Héloïse
Luàna Bajrami
Sophie
Valeria Golino
The Countess
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