"Not everything is fleeting. Some feelings are deep. The fact it isn't close to me, that I can understand. But I find it sad it isn't close to you."

'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' is a film made by women, about women and their real desires, needs and struggles that are - still - unfortunately common today, and this is the kind of film that demands to be recognized and in our It makes you wonder what kind of great work we are still missing out on by not giving women more opportunities. But 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' is not simply a work of the female gaze. It's going beyond the limits of the screen, in a frantic, loving, desperate, erotic way, searching and searching for a new language, a new way of seeing.
This film offers us a wealth of emotions that don't explode so easily, so the story is told with great humanity, without having to use that waste of technology that only serves to manipulate the viewer.
In a way, it can be said that 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' comes close to what critic René Doumic called “cinedrama”: the film may not have much movement, but it enjoys an intelligent dramatic intensity.
However, the universal depth of this unshakable masterpiece also portrays a quality of the state of passion itself, all human passion. It is undoubtedly a film about forbidden love, a relationship between two women at a time when this was unthinkable in society, but by capturing the essence of the connection itself, it reveals the simple recognition of love as the ultimate act of bravery. Life becomes easier to accept after having lived the experience of reciprocated love. Social changes change, but not the human heart. Love gives eternal life.
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is one of the best films of the last decade. It's high art, a film that's great now, will be great in 50 years, will be great in 150 years. It pulses and burns with life, and closes with a final shot that will leave you shaking.
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