Sexual self-discovery is at the rendezvous in Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of A Lady on Fire,” a sumptuously made 121 minute triumph which simmers with slow-burn until it breaks your heart tenth fold. It is, as we speak, the leading contender to win the Palme D’or next weekend in what has been a Cannes filled with Good movies, but not great ones.
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The short version: "Woman Unknown" was a compromise. The jury deadlocked over "Possible Love" and "NAZA," not able to com to terms, fell back on their #3, May el-Toukhy's film.