Review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) by Richard Brody for The New Yorker — 04 Aug 2020
The movie dramatizes the constraints of the era, the imposition of a narrow and religion-based morality, the stern discipline that’s internalized as a result, the elision of women and their world from public life, and the firm expectations of family and society that Héloïse will endure in her unwanted marriage.
Yet it does more than merely depict them—it embodies them, in the characters’ poised stillness, which makes the airy surroundings feel as rigid as stone.
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This review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) was written by Richard Brody and published by The New Yorker on 04 August 2020.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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