Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home, and meets a girl her same age building a tree house.
A deeper look at the final moments of Moonlight and A Portrait of A Lady on Fire lead to a profound philosophy of acceptance applicable to everyday life.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has brought Sciamma to the fore of the international scene – take this opportunity to explore her older, equally masterful films.
The first week of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival has come to a close, so let’s take time to recap some of the films that screened during this week.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is directed by Céline Sciamma – 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.