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“In solitude, I felt the liberty you spoke of. But I also felt your absence.” - Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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“When you’re observing me, who do you think I’m observing?”

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), dir. Céline Sciamma

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You have to drink.

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Adèle dans la story de Céline, après la cérémonie des #GoldenGlobes2020 

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You took your time being funny. That’s true. I wasted time.

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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu 

Céline Sciamma

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Noémie kissing a woman, who was at the time her BANDMATE, in that showreel clip is everything but straight, if you want my honest opinion.

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OMg but that 2nd photo of their band! Noémie, hun you dress like a total lez lolol

oop i mean first photo lol

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I know she looks so g(ay)ood in that plaid shirt !!

But I also remember that day when she went full farmer style with another plaid shirt lmao

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) | dir. Céline Sciamma

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“I feel something new.”

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

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“Turn around.”

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma 

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First, my contours. The outline. Not too fast. Take time to look at me. See how my arms are placed. My hands. 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. by Céline Sciamma

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“I wanted to challenge politically the kissing scene, which traditionally either has the surprise kiss scene thanks to a rain shower for instance, or the obvious kiss scene thanks to mustard on the corner of the lips, for instance, and it is generally carefully scripted as ‘They kiss.’ Or ‘They passionately kiss.’ And then it’s on the actors’ shoulders. It seems to rely a lot on them because it’s their bodies and fluids and interaction, but it shouldn’t be. It’s fake. It’s not about finding the magic. Actors should always be part of the elaboration of an idea, especially with intimate scenes. So I wanted to craft a scene that would embody the sexiness of consent. People who are questioning the idea of asking for consent in France, they do exist. They are brave fighters for the culture of French gallantry who say that asking for consent would not be sexy, it will break the mood. Some of the French critics thought the film lacked flesh, precisely because to them eroticism is about conflict. […] At some point I came up with the idea of them having to unveil their mouths like they would undress themselves. So I put a scarf, justified by a strong wind, pressed on their lips and thinking you would see their heavy breathing through the moving cloth.”

Céline Sciamma on creating a new first kiss

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when laura dern’s character in little women said ‘i’m angry nearly every day of my life’ and when valeria golino’s character in portrait of a lady on fire said ‘vous croyez que je ne connais pas sa colère? la conosco bene’ 

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Noémie with a fade is hot AF. Ditto Noémie with her hair long. 

📷: Sylvain Lefevre, Yohan Bonnet, Eric Fougère and Thomas Laisné

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Céline about writing the bonfire scene:

“I had to craft this scene that would involve the fact that she would be set on fire, and that it would be about passion, and also that it would be troubling, because, in a way, it’s also an image of death, because she’s on fire and she’s totally calmed, and she's looking like… saying I could go all the way with this fire, which means consume myself for you, but also die. And so, there’s a tension that is sentimental, erotic, but also morbid.”

From the Arclight Chicago Q&A 2/12/20. She says this at ~12:15 (link to the video in the source).