Céline Sciamma director of PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE in conversation with Reclaim the Frame

Birds' Eye View Director-at-Large and Oscar winning producer, Mia Bays interviewed Céline Sciamma about her new film Portrait of a Lady on Fire (released in the UK by Curzon Artificial Eye) - #ReclaimTheFrame film of March 2020. About Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Romance and art entwine in PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, a sumptuous new masterpiece from Céline Sciamma (TOMBOY, GIRLHOOD). Set in late 18th century France, painter Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned by an affluent countess to paint the wedding portrait of her sheltered but headstrong daughter Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), in the hope it will find her a wealthy husband. While posing as her hired companion, Marianne is instructed to complete the portrait in secret, observing Héloïse by day and painting her by night. However, as the two women grow closer, their intimacy and attraction begins to blossom, paving the way for a simmering, star-crossed romance. A heartbreaking period piece told with a distinctly modern feminist energy, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE is the first female-directed film to win the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, where it also won the Best Screenplay award. Watch now at Curzon Home Cinema: https://www.curzonhomecinema.com/film... About the Reclaim the Frame programme: Reclaim The Frame is a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women to widen and enrich cinema’s perspective of the world, run by charity Birds’ Eye View, and backed by the BFI’s Audience Fund. To learn more and join the #ReclaimTheFrame mission and receive free cinema tickets, discount codes and other film goodies go to https://bit.ly/BEVRTF