Portrait of a Lady on Fire
“Don't regret. Remember.”
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.
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Cast
8 people
Noémie Merlant
Marianne
Known for
TÁR
Curiosa
Adèle Haenel
Héloïse
Known for
BPM (Beats per Minute)
The Trouble with You
Luàna Bajrami
Sophie
Known for
Happening
School's Out
Valeria Golino
La Comtesse
Known for
Rain Man
Hot Shots!
Christel Baras
La faiseuse d'ange
Known for
Water Lilies
Tomboy
Armande Boulanger
L'élève atelier
Known for
Eiffel
Conviction
Guy Delamarche
L'homme salon
Known for
Ruby & Quentin
Clément Bouyssou
Le batelier
No other roles listed
Céline Sciamma Director · Para One Composer Arthur Simonini Composer
Worldwide gross $9.9M · Budget $5.7M · United States release December 6, 2019
Box office
Budget
$5,740,000
Worldwide gross
$9,923,127
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Lilies Films
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Hold Up Films
Production
Neon
Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
France · May 19, 2019
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · September 18, 2019
Theatrical · Visa CNC 148604
United States · December 6, 2019
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York & Los Angeles, California
United States · March 27, 2020
Digital · Hulu
United States
August 30, 2019 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
September 29, 2019 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
February 14, 2020 · Theatrical
April 3, 2020 · Digital
June 23, 2020 · Physical · Criterion Blu-ray / DVD
Argentina
October 21, 2021 · Theatrical
Australia
June 14, 2019 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 3, 2019 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
September 19, 2019 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
Austria
December 12, 2019 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 2, 2019 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 9, 2019 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
January 9, 2020 · Theatrical
Canada
September 5, 2019 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
February 14, 2020 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 17, 2019 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Finland
December 27, 2019 · Theatrical
France
February 1, 2026 · Digital · Paramount+
Germany
October 31, 2019 · Theatrical
Greece
October 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
Indonesia
September 6, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening
Ireland
February 14, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Preview screenings
February 28, 2020 · Theatrical
February 28, 2020 · Digital · Curzon Home Cinema
Italy
June 17, 2019 · Premiere · Arcobaleno Filmcenter, Milan
December 19, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
November 8, 2020 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
December 4, 2020 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 19, 2020 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 17, 2019 · Theatrical
New Zealand
December 26, 2019 · Theatrical
Norway
December 25, 2019 · Theatrical
April 20, 2020 · Physical
Poland
July 25, 2019 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
October 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 12, 2020 · Theatrical
Romania
March 12, 2021 · Theatrical
Russia
July 25, 2019 · Premiere · Strelka Film Festival
October 24, 2019 · Theatrical
January 16, 2020 · Digital
Singapore
February 14, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Slovakia
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 4, 2019 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
January 16, 2020 · Theatrical
Spain
October 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 13, 2019 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 1, 2019 · Digital
Taiwan
August 19, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Thailand
October 2, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Türkiye
October 3, 2019 · Limited theatrical · IKSV Filmekimi 2019
December 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Ukraine
July 19, 2019 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
February 6, 2020 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 14, 2020 · Limited theatrical · preview screenings
February 28, 2020 · Limited theatrical · 25+ locations
February 28, 2020 · Digital · Curzon Home Cinema
June 8, 2020 · Physical
Uruguay
January 6, 2020 · Premiere · Jose Ignacio International Film Festival, Uruguay
Vietnam
November 23, 2025 · Limited theatrical · European Union Film Festival
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