The Lady in the Portrait GFT

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Cinéfile releases sumptuous epic The Lady in the Portrait

14 – 17 September, 2020 at Glasgow Film Theatre

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GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB

As cinemas reopen, Cinefile are delighted to announce the release date of Friday 4 September for Charles de Meaux’s The Lady in the Portrait. The epic production with Melvil Popaud and Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing is on selected theatrical release in cinemas throughout the UK.

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The Lady in the Portrait is a sumptuous epic which evokes the unique rapport between a French missionary (Melvil Popaud) and the Manchurian Empress (Fan Bingbing) whose portrait he’s ordered to paint.

The film follows in the fine tradition of stories about the attraction between famous painters and their muses such as Girl with a Pearl Earring and Caravaggio.

Exquisitely-costumed and voluptuously shot, the film reveals life in the Qing Dynasty court.

Dir Charles de Meaux

Cast Fan Bingbing, Melvil Poupaud, Yue Wu, Shih-Chieh King | 2018 | China, France | 108 mins | French and Mandarin, with English subtitles.