Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)

In 18th-century France, painter Marianne gets asked to make a portrait of the headstrong Héloise. With tenderness and sensuality, Céline Sciamma explores what it means to be a woman, and to fall in love with another woman. A story of lesbian desire seen through a lesbian gaze.. She won the Queer Palm and the award for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.