Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director
Céline Sciamma
Country
France
Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Céline Sciamma
Cast
Valeria Golino, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Luàna Bajrami, Cécile Morel
Production
Lilies Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Hold Up Films

Storyline

On an isolated island in Bretagne at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2019
Competition
Best Screenplay
Toronto International Film Festival 2019
Special Presentations
Cambridge Film Festival

European Film Awards (EFA) 2019
Nominations:
European Director (Céline Sciamma)
European Actress (Adèle Haenel)
European Actress (Noémie Merlant)
European Screenwriter (Céline Sciamma) - WINNER
César 2020
Nominations:
- Best Film
- Best Director (Céline Sciamma)
- Best Actress (Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant)
- Best Original Screenplay (Céline Sciamma)
- Best Female Newcomer (Luàna Bajrami)
- Best Cinematography (Claire Mathon). WINNER
- Best Costumes (Dorothée Guiraud)
- Best Production Design (Thomas Grézaud)
- Best Sound (
Julien Sicart, Valérie de Loof, Daniel Sobrino)
Gaudí Awards 2020
Nomination for Best European Film

Goyas Awards 2020
Nomination fo Best European Film
Golden Globe Awards 2020
Nomination to BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE (France)
BAFTA Awards 2020
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Nomination)

Releases

Spain (18 of October 2019)