You ever find yourself staring at a bonfire? Just zoning out and watching the flame change every second, feeling the heat, the energy, the anger, the tension, you get what I’m saying. It’s a beautifully hypnotic thing, and that’s exactly what Portrait of a Lady on Fire is. The only difference being that this brought me to tears in ways a bonfire never could.

No spoilers but I didn’t breathe for the last few minutes of this movie

“do all lovers feel they’re inventing something?”

the clandestine stealing of forbidden glances. the thankless task of trying to tamp a lover’s image into the folds of your brain. the dread of said image’s inevitable fading. the smoldering slow-burn of impossible yearning, and the explosive fireworks when it’s finally reciprocated. the sizzling sound of a final farewell.

director céline sciamma packs each frame with tangible emotion, and she does it all without a manipulative score. we know exactly what to feel at all times, purely on the merit of the leads’ magnetic performances and claire mathon’s luscious cinematography. music is only utilized sparsely (through vivaldi, and through a choral latin chant), and it’s all diegetic, which preserves the film’s veracity. the perfect song seldom plays during our most formative moments, and the perfect person seldom enters our lives at the right time. but sometimes, if we’re lucky enough, they can overlap.

its come to my attention that women are the only people who know how to make movies

Absolutely no men in sight. Just people vibing.

they seem to be very good friends

CIFF 2019: film #2

“he doesn’t make the lover’s choice, but the poet’s”

my body is still visibly shaken, and i cried the entire duration. i haven’t been this moved by a film in years. not only is it exquisitely made, but the emotional toll it took on me is almost damaging. yearning personified: seen through the stokes of a paintbrush, or across the flames of a fire. crushing and beautiful and fleeting. sometimes all that’s left is the memory, but the memory stays. that last shot is going to haunt me

Portrait of a Lady on Fire? More like Portrait of me fucking crying.

hey girls! did you know that um. not everything is fleeting? some feelings are deep? I found the liberty you spoke of in solitude but I also felt your absence???

“not everything is fleeting. some feelings are deep”

i finally figured it out. many times when i watch a new favorite film, it adds something to my life, a new, additional piece of me. with this, it calmly settles down in a special empty space in my heart, an emptiness that’s been eagerly waiting for it to come along. it makes me feel more complete. going forward, i’m thankful i get to carry this with me now. it fits so naturally that it feels like it’s always been there, and now it always will be

I’m, and I can’t stress this enough, yelling

catch me at the amc burbank 16 having a strong emotional reaction to a bunch of women suddenly singing the thx logo music

“Do all lovers feel like they’re inventing something?”

Everything about this movie was beautiful, from the scenery to the costumes it was all gorgeous. This film is a piece of high art

watching this all over again is a bad way of coping up from a breakup

if 😌 you 😳 look 🤪 at 🤩 me 🤯 who 🥺 do 🤔 i 😋 look 🙃 at 😏

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before

The 3 stars are just for the cinematography, acting, and that final scene. Overall a very boring movie that had me fighting sleep.

"Turn around"

Wow. Words cannot describe how I'm feeling after watching this movie. This right here is why I loved movies the way it can capture a certain feeling any other media couldn't, such a great film and I will not forget this movie for a long time that's for sure.

- Your presence is made up of fleeting moments that may lack truth.
- Not everything is fleeting.

Makes me wonder how much different the watching experience could have been with absolutely no background information. Though all the marketing and talk around the film seems to revolve around the lesbian relationship (it's even right there on the cover shot in Letterboxd), the film doesn't explicitly tell you this. It rather leads you into it like a mystery film. There's a logical reason for those long glances this time. Of course most people could've read into it pretty fast anyway, but we still completely lost a tasty "will they—won't they" dynamic.

No matter, it's still incredibly powerful. The ending is built to make you emotional.

I‘d be the immediate forgiveness in Eurydice...

Imagine being loved by me.

'' Tek başımayken, bahsettiğin özgürlüğü hissettim. Aynı zamanda yokluğunu da hissettim.''

unfortunately for me and my loved ones I think this is my personal most watched film ever to date in my history of being alive. Heading to France

Heartwarming love story between this two girls remind us that real love can be painful and forever

this movie. This Movie. first of all: made me want to be a portrait artist. second: made me believe in true love. page 28... real ones know!