Twelve years after she unveiled her feature debut, Water Lilies [+leggi anche:
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The 40-year-old director has enjoyed a regular ascent to the upper echelons of the international film world, as her second feature, Tomboy [+leggi anche:
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With Portrait of a Lady on Fire [+leggi anche:
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Standing out among the cast are Noémie Merlant (nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress and for the Lumières Award for Best New Actress in 2017 for Heaven Will Wait [+leggi anche:
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Produced by Bénédicte Couvreur (who has partnered up with the director many times) for Lilies Films, Portrait of a Lady on Fire had a budget of €4.86 million, including a co-production (and a pre-purchase) from Arte France Cinéma. The feature, which is also being co-produced by Hold Up Films, was pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. The French theatrical release will be handled by Pyramide Distribution, and the international sales are being overseen by mk2 Films. The feature has already been pre-purchased for the UK (Curzon Artificial Eye), Spain (Karma Films), Belgium and the Netherlands (Cinéart), Sweden (Folkets Bio), the former Yugoslavia (MegaCom), and Argentina and Chile (Impacto Cine), among other territories.