Celine Sciamma

Portrait of a Lady on Fire movie review: Céline Sciamma's period romance is a modern masterpiece of French cinema

Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an incandescent and utterly beguiling love story.

In Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma levels the playing field between artist and muse

The relationship between male artist and female muse has been as deeply unequal as it is romanticised. Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire upends that narrative.