'PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE'
FROM CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
We finish our international weekend today, after our trips to Germany on Friday and Denmark on Saturday, with a visit to France where two new
period set movies await us! PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE will be out this September in French cinemas after competing at Cannes. The movie will hit Hulu after Autumn release in USA cinemas.
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| The film will air on Hulu after theatrical release in USA |
In 18th century France a young painter, Marianne, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing. Therefore, Marianne must observe her model by day to paint her portrait at night. Day by day, the two women become closer as they share Héloïse's last moments of freedom before the impending wedding.
'CASANOVA, LAST LOVE'
THE LOVE OF OLD CASANOVA
Set in the very same century is another costume drama CASANOVA, LAST LOVE which is currently playing around Europe and it also stars Valeria
Golino (who stars in the above one too), beside Vincent Lindon in the lead role.
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| The film is filled with nude scenes! |
In the eighteenth century, Casanova, known for his taste for fun and play, arrived in London after having to go into exile. In this city of which he knows nothing, he meets several times a young courtesan, the Charpillon, which attracts him to the point of forgetting the other women. Casanova is ready to do anything to achieve her ends, but La Charpillon always escapes under the most diverse pretexts. She challenges him, she wants him to love her as much as he wants.