Review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 02 Dec 2019
For an instant, I heard the rumble of the coming Revolution, and wondered how Sciamma would conclude her engrossing movie. In violent devastation, perhaps? Well, yes, but the violence is that of a storm-tossed heart, and the final shot is of a woman — I won’t reveal who — shaken by ungovernable sobs, with smiles breaking through like shafts of sunlight.
Reckon you can weather all that without falling apart? Good luck.
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This review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 02 Dec 2019.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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