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.

BEAUTIFUL

So beautiful

I went into this film completely blind and knowing nothing about it.

The film was obviously achingly beautiful with great acting and a melancholy ending.

The story was well done but I wanted something more.

I get that it is a slow burn and it takes a while for things to happen but I personally would’ve wanted to see even more or those emotions that the characters had.

I think I just wasn’t really feeling the urge to watch a quiet and emotional film which probably makes me slightly less mesmerised by it.

The film is by all means not bad but it just wasn’t to my liking in the end.