Portrait of a Lady on Fire

In French, the title is “Portrait de LA jeune fille en feu” which means “portrait of THE lady on fire”. For it to be “a lady” the French title should’ve been “portrait d’une jeune fille en feu”. Subtle but changes everything, Heloise isn’t just any woman on fire, she’s THE woman.

You will never forget this movie

i’m devastated. beautifully done movie. I’ve been avoiding this one for a while cause I knew it would fuck me up. the longing looks were well done, I felt them so deeply. the portrait of her with her kid while holding open page 28 almost made me bawl. the closing scene was crazy.

I showed my mum it today, after showing her black mirror hotel reverie the other day, just painful queer films, whats new? This film destroys me, whilst giving me life. She said it was a good film and moved on with hers. 🫥

emotional, gripping, beautiful.
10/10, nothing else to say

that goddamn page 28...