Review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 05 Dec 2019
The prime mover is sexual tension, which grows inexorably as the women learn the contours of each other’s lives. Portrait of a Lady on Fire — the fire is figurative, but also real — goes beyond painterly beauty. It sees into souls.
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This review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 05 Dec 2019.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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