some old guys walked out on this in the theatre. it disgusted them, LOL.

France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of
Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride
to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day,
to paint her secretly.

I saw this at TIFF back in September, think NA premiere, was one of my favourite films of the festival, really well done. I'd highly recommend to anyone who I didn't have reason to think would walk out on it lol.

I watched Moonlight again a little while ago and sort of feel that they make pretty solid companion pieces, a lot of the promotion for Portrait has involved the director discussing it as being about the 'female gaze' and desire and waiting, and I feel Moonlight in that romantic sense is about the same thing between two different characters, while having two separate backdrops concerning race or gender respectively.

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Obviously White

it might be one of the best love/relationship movies i've ever seen. not saying it's
perfect but, the way in which it conveys love is basically art. really good movie to
watch with a significant other (good or bad). yeah moonlight was a different take
on the same subject matter ("forbidden" love).

I was really engrossed by the specific focus on the role of female artists, a topic that historically has been mostly absent to say the least (Camille Claudel being the one example I can think of), which is likely explained in part to how few opportunities have been given to women to direct movies. The film has some gorgeous shots, with bright lighting that serves as reflection of the titular character's boundless spirit. But overall I thought the movie was much too didactic and scholarly, with the love story at its core not that interesting despite Haenel and Merlant (a real revelation here) being incandescent at times. Ultimately I thought the heightened formal restraint worked against the movie, though I'd be willing to try it again sometime (still, I saw it last fall and haven't felt any desire to catch it on its current theatrical run).

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