In the middle of the 18th century, the Jesuit Jean-Denis Attiret is one of the official painters of the imperial court of China. He is entrusted with the honorific task of painting the portrait of ...

Fan Bingbing stars opposite Melvil Poupaud in 'The Lady in the Portrait,' French producer-director Charles de Meaux's film about a Jesuit painter working in the 18th-century imperial court in China.

An empress commissions a painting of herself from a Fresh 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.

THE LADY IN THE PORTRAIT (LE PORTRAIT INTERDIT) will be screening as part of the Women Make History series at COLCOA 2018. RSVP and ticket sales will stay open throughout the festival, up to 24 hours before the film screening. Tickets will also be on sale at the theater on the day of the screening.

The Lady in the Portrait (Le Portrait interdit) NR, 1 hr.34 min. Art House & International , Drama , Romance

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.

a movie by Jane Campion starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Christian Bale.

Synopsis. This is the story of two people meeting. It’s also the story of a portrait, in which immutable Chinese art meets Occidental art. In the middle of the 18th century, the Jesuit, Jean Denis Attiret, was one of the official painters of China’s imperial court.

East meets West, and the two gingerly fall in love through art in Charles de Meaux’s “The Lady in the Portrait,” a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the ...