Watch trailer for Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Opens on July 13
Director: Céline Sciamma Run Time: 121 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2019 Language: French
Starring: Adèle Haenel, Christel Baras, Luàna Bajrami, Noémie Merlant, Valeria Golino
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Screening as part of the YearnFest Series
YearnFest, a curated film series celebrating period piece cinema and the romantic writing that inspires it, is coming to the historic Hi-Pointe Theatre July 12–13, 2025. YearnFest presents five sumptuous selections that epitomize swoonworthy period storytelling: The Age of Innocence (1993), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Emma (2020), A Room with a View (1985) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019).