Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Name: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director: Céline Sciamma
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2019
Duration: 122 min

A painter and her reluctant subject discover an intimacy beyond the frame.

90Club score

From the club notebook

“A film whose smallest gestures keep expanding after it ends.”

Editorial note · August 2026

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