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Tournees Film Festival screens first film, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" at 7 p.m.

March 9 • French historical drama depicts romance between aristocrat and painter commissioned to paint her portrait

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Add to Calendar 2021-03-09 19:00:00 2021-03-09 21:00:00 Tournees Film Festival screens first film, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" at 7 p.m. The Loyola Society for Francophone Cultures is holding the Tournees Film Festival beginning today, March 9 and running through April 15. The Tournées Film Festival is a program which aims to bring French cinema to American colleges and university campuses. The selection offers internationally acclaimed films such as "Portrait of a Lady on Fire,"  a 2019 French historical romantic drama written and directed by Céline Sciamma and starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day to paint her secretly. There will be no charge for the screenings. This event is open to the Loyola Community. Please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719. Here is the film festival's complete line-up: Virtual. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719. Dr. Amanda Vredenburgh Languages and Cultures Department ajvreden@loyno.edu   America/Chicago public

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Virtual. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719.

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Free

The Loyola Society for Francophone Cultures is holding the Tournees Film Festival beginning today, March 9 and running through April 15. The Tournées Film Festival is a program which aims to bring French cinema to American colleges and university campuses. The selection offers internationally acclaimed films such as "Portrait of a Lady on Fire,"  a 2019 French historical romantic drama written and directed by Céline Sciamma and starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day to paint her secretly.

There will be no charge for the screenings. This event is open to the Loyola Community. Please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719.

Here is the film festival's complete line-up:

Line-up Tournees Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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Arts + Entertainment

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Add to Calendar 2021-03-09 19:00:00 2021-03-09 21:00:00 Tournees Film Festival screens first film, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" at 7 p.m. The Loyola Society for Francophone Cultures is holding the Tournees Film Festival beginning today, March 9 and running through April 15. The Tournées Film Festival is a program which aims to bring French cinema to American colleges and university campuses. The selection offers internationally acclaimed films such as "Portrait of a Lady on Fire,"  a 2019 French historical romantic drama written and directed by Céline Sciamma and starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day to paint her secretly. There will be no charge for the screenings. This event is open to the Loyola Community. Please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719. Here is the film festival's complete line-up: Virtual. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tournees-film-festival-women-in-film-tickets-142725468719. Dr. Amanda Vredenburgh Languages and Cultures Department ajvreden@loyno.edu   America/Chicago public

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Languages and Cultures