Cline Points Out That Marianne Is The First Character Who Burns In The Film

Céline points out that Marianne is the first character who burns in the film 

(Eternal gratitude to @bereaving for making those beautiful GIFs)

“And here while Noémie Merlant had patiently learned the spinet, which is this little harpsichord, for weeks, she will really play it, but under a sheet.

The Four Seasons of Vivaldi are accompanied by a poem that he wrote, and the interpretation of Marianne is an interpretation of this poem.

First occurrence of fire between the characters, even if it’s Marianne who’s burning and Héloïse who’s looking. Maybe it’s the one looking who makes the other burn. “

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I want to talk about that final scene, where the camera rests on Adèle for a long time and we watch her slowly come undone. […] What do you hope that shot leaves the audience with?

Sciamma: 

Themselves. 

It’s cinema, and it unveils itself as cinema. It’s a reverse shot between the two characters. And at that point, it’s not about the story anymore. It’s about you being in your seat, her being in her theater seat, and you watching. First you’re watching Héloïse, and then you’re watching Adèle Haenel performing, and then you’re watching a film ending, with room for your own love, because you connect with the journey of emotion. And you think, Oh, it’s sad, but suddenly, she lightens. She smiles. And maybe you reconsider your own past love.

Knock Down The House, 2019 (dir. Rachel Lears)

you put your eyes on me in this moment now capture it remember it

Perhaps she was the one who said,       Turn around.

— Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 2019

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