"Volare non potest" - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - a masterpiece painted on world cinemas' canvas. It haunts like the music from Orpheus' broken lyre. Like the chanting "non possum fugere" 'we cannot escape' from the enchanting spells of this portrait.
The Portrait of a Lady on fire is a romantic drama sets in the background of 18th century French society. It's a women centric film through a woman's perspective unlike the typical female oriented movies that showcase through the prism of male gaze. It's not just the portrayal of a queer relationship, but the unravelling of the deep emotions of two souls, an artist's and an art critic's.
Marianne (Noemie Merlant), a painter, enters into a poetic relationship with an aristocratic young lady named Heloise (Adele Haenel). Marianne is a strong, independent woman who fired the cues of society into ashes, a woman who painted nude male models secretly, who drew under the name of her father. She literally is an odd to the period to which she belonged. Heloise, the vibrant figure, an angry young woman finds solace in the curves of Marianne.
The craftsmanship and the politics of the director Celine Sciamma is visible in every frames. The scene, the reading of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice astonishes with its colour tone and dialogues. Marianne's interpretation of Orpheus' actions set the soul of the movie. "He doesn't make the lover's choice, but the poet's". Marianne makes neither a friend's nor a lover's choice, but the artist's.
When 'non possum fugere' reverberates around the fire, Marianne and Heloise looks at each other with a deep sensation that flowed through their eyes, lips and all through their bodies. When the fire catches Heloise's robes, letting her face glow like a hearth, Marianne's artistic eyes' also fires, like a lover's who invented something new. She, at that very moment makes an artist's choice, not a lover's.
Each and every frame in the film is a unique painting. The colour tone and the picturesque presentation adds to the mood of the film. The blue sky, the green sea and the two little figures along with the enchanting music, make their utopian world of art and love. The Portrayal of a Lady on Fire, it's more like a verse, a swan song of two souls, written with colourful brushes.
The Portrait of a Lady on fire is a romantic drama sets in the background of 18th century French society. It's a women centric film through a woman's perspective unlike the typical female oriented movies that showcase through the prism of male gaze. It's not just the portrayal of a queer relationship, but the unravelling of the deep emotions of two souls, an artist's and an art critic's.
Marianne (Noemie Merlant), a painter, enters into a poetic relationship with an aristocratic young lady named Heloise (Adele Haenel). Marianne is a strong, independent woman who fired the cues of society into ashes, a woman who painted nude male models secretly, who drew under the name of her father. She literally is an odd to the period to which she belonged. Heloise, the vibrant figure, an angry young woman finds solace in the curves of Marianne.
The craftsmanship and the politics of the director Celine Sciamma is visible in every frames. The scene, the reading of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice astonishes with its colour tone and dialogues. Marianne's interpretation of Orpheus' actions set the soul of the movie. "He doesn't make the lover's choice, but the poet's". Marianne makes neither a friend's nor a lover's choice, but the artist's.
When 'non possum fugere' reverberates around the fire, Marianne and Heloise looks at each other with a deep sensation that flowed through their eyes, lips and all through their bodies. When the fire catches Heloise's robes, letting her face glow like a hearth, Marianne's artistic eyes' also fires, like a lover's who invented something new. She, at that very moment makes an artist's choice, not a lover's.
Each and every frame in the film is a unique painting. The colour tone and the picturesque presentation adds to the mood of the film. The blue sky, the green sea and the two little figures along with the enchanting music, make their utopian world of art and love. The Portrayal of a Lady on Fire, it's more like a verse, a swan song of two souls, written with colourful brushes.
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