Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a film that collides in the realms of art, agency, and forbidden love, set in the 18th century. Issues of women's autonomy and freedom in a male dominated society run through the film. It presents a narrative of a brief yet passionate affair between a portrait artist, Marianne, and her subject, Héloïse, focusing on the theme of 'the artists gaze'—how one looks and sees a subject, imbuing the act of seeing…

Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a film that collides in the realms of art, agency, and forbidden love, set in the 18th century. Issues of women's autonomy and freedom in a male dominated society run through the film. It presents a narrative of a brief yet passionate affair between a portrait artist, Marianne, and her subject, Héloïse, focusing on the theme of 'the artists gaze'—how one looks and sees a subject, imbuing the act of seeing…