Portrait of a Lady on Fire

You will never forget this movie

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.

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.

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Watched it in cinemas!!! Dream come true. Annoying crackley speaker and sat next to annoying teenagers. But i still managed to shed a tear for the ending lol.

3.5🌟 PAGE 28!!! WOW what an ending… captures the grief we all do not wish to experience from love. Shots make the longing felt through the screen but a bit slow in beginning