The Lady in the Portrait

(2017)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 18 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2017

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: France, China

Director: Charles de Meaux

Cast: Фань Бинбин, Melvil Poupaud, 吴越, Цзинь Ши Цзе, 黄觉, Тибо де Монталембер, Féodor Atkine, Ли Жуй Сюэ

Plot

An empress commissions a painting of herself from a French outsider in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece. The Lady in the Portrait is a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the Manchurian Empress whose portrait he's ordered to paint.