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* FictionalPainting: the portrait of Héloise that Marianne is tasked to paint.
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** Sophie has to try ridiculous and cumbersome tricks to get rid of her pregnancy. She ultimately has to go to a local 'faiseuse d'anges' (abortionist healer).

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** Sophie has to try ridiculous and cumbersome tricks to get rid of her unwanted pregnancy. She ultimately has to go to a local 'faiseuse d'anges' (abortionist healer).
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** Sophie has to try ridiculous and cumbersome tricks to get rid of her pregnancy. She ultimately has to go to a local 'faiseuse d'anges' (abortionist healer).
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue ([[SignificantWardrobeShift then green and white]]) and Sophie wears yellow. [[spoiler: This is alluded in the final painting of Marianne, in which Orpheus wears a red scarf and Eurydice wears white, making clear that the painting is about her relationship with Héloïse]].

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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing wears red, Héloïse mainly wears blue ([[SignificantWardrobeShift then green and white]]) and Sophie wears yellow. [[spoiler: This is alluded in the final painting of Marianne, in which Orpheus wears a red scarf and Eurydice wears white, making clear that the painting is about her relationship with Héloïse]].
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* ArrangedMarriage: Héloïse will have to marry with some whealthy guy in Milan. Because her mother wants to live in Milan.

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* ArrangedMarriage: Héloïse will have to marry with some whealthy wealthy guy in Milan. Because her mother wants to live in Milan.
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* ColorContrast: due to the above, there is a strong red/blue and red/green contrast between Marianne and Héloïse.

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* ColorContrast: due to the above, there is a strong red/blue and or red/green contrast between Marianne and Héloïse.
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* EtherealWhiteDress: ironically, Héloïse loose-fitting, vapourous wedding dress evokes more death than marriage. It makes her look like a ghost in Marianne's visions and [[spoiler: she is ultimately wearing it when Marianne leaves.]]
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue ([[SignificantWardrobeShift then green and white]]) and Sophie wears yellow.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue ([[SignificantWardrobeShift then green and white]]) and Sophie wears yellow. [[spoiler: This is alluded in the final painting of Marianne, in which Orpheus wears a red scarf and Eurydice wears white, making clear that the painting is about her relationship with Héloïse]].
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue (or green when she poses) and Sophie wears yellow.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue (or ([[SignificantWardrobeShift then green when she poses) and white]]) and Sophie wears yellow.
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* FireWaterJuxtaposition: all over the place. Scenes are often taking place by the ocean under a strong but cold daylight or by a fire, usually at night or indoors. One can argue that water symbolizes freedom and the outside world while fire represents intimacity, community and love.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse wears blue (or green when she poses)and Sophie wears yellow.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse mainly wears blue (or green when she poses)and poses) and Sophie wears yellow.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse wear blue (or green when she poses)and Sophie wears yellow.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse wear wears blue (or green when she poses)and Sophie wears yellow.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: up until the end, the characters are consistently symbolized by primary colors. Marianne is always wearing red, Héloïse wear blue (or green when she poses)and Sophie wears yellow.
* ColorContrast: due to the above, there is a strong red/blue and red/green contrast between Marianne and Héloïse.
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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Creator/CelineSciamma.

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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French period drama film directed and written by Creator/CelineSciamma.
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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water Lilies'', ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'').

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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water Lilies'', ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'').
Creator/CelineSciamma.
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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water Lilies'', ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'')..

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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma (''Water Lilies'', ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'')..
''Film/{{Tomboy}}'').
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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma.

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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma.
Sciamma (''Water Lilies'', ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'')..
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Sophie (Héloïse's maid) has to abort, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her.

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Sophie (Héloïse's maid) has to abort, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her. Nobody talks about it in a negative manner.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. Sophie (Héloïse's maid) has to abort, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her.

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted.Averted. Sophie (Héloïse's maid) has to abort, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her.
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* DoubleStandard: Héloïse can't decide anything about her own life, she has to marry now that her older sister has commited suicide (possibly in order to avoid marriage).

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Héloïse can't decide anything about her own life, she has to marry now that her older sister has commited suicide (possibly in order to avoid marriage).marriage).
** Marianne is a female painter who has to pretend to be her father (also a painter) so that her paintings are valued. She is also forbidden from painting naked men.
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* UpToEleven: How this film passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest. There are no men except in the very beginning and ending of the film, and they are not named. The only time babies are mentioned is about abortion.
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* DoubleStandard: Héloïse can't decide anything about her own life, she has to marry now that her older sister has commited suicide (possibly in order to avoid marriage).
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* ArrangedMarriage: Héloïse will have to marry with some whealthy guy in Milan. Because her mother wants to live in Milan.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. Sophie (Héloïse's maid) has to abort, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The visions of Héloïse in a white dresse.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The visions of Héloïse in a white dresse.dress.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The visions of Héloïse in a white dresse.

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* UnreliableNarrator: The characters are often talking about memories and oblivion. A few things can't really be happening, so one can guess that the protagonist doesn't remember the facts accurately.

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* TitleDrop: Marianne says it loud quite early. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the name of a painting, by her.
* UnreliableNarrator: The characters are often talking about memories and oblivion. A few things can't really be happening, so one can guess that the protagonist doesn't remember the facts accurately.accurately, and that we are seeing things as she remembers them.
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''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (French: ''Portrait de la jeune fille en feu'') is a 2019 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma.

At the end of the eighteenth century Marianne, a young painter, is commissioned to paint a portrait of a young woman to be used to elicit marriage proposals. Knowing that the woman, Héloïse, has previously refused to sit for portraits as she does not want to be married, Marianne disguises herself as a lady's maid in order to gain her subject's trust only to find herself inadvertently falling in love with her.

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!!Portrait of a Lady on Fire contains examples of the following tropes:
* UnreliableNarrator: The characters are often talking about memories and oblivion. A few things can't really be happening, so one can guess that the protagonist doesn't remember the facts accurately.
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