Review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) by Swing — 18 Feb 2020

A period piece in French with subtitles. Beautifully acted. Beautifully shot on location off the north coast of France I think. There is little or no action. The dialogue is there, but it's minimal and subdued.

The story is solely about the attraction of two young women, one who is commissioned to paint the portrait of the other. There is no music to set the mood, except at the very end. The tension is soley by the looks of the two women and their minimal dialogue.

It was beautiful, but it didn't move me or create emotion in me. Maybe I couldn't fully appreciate it as a male, but that's how I felt.