Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

A painter and the woman she has been commissioned to portray gradually become collaborators in looking. Their attention to gesture and expression makes the attraction convincing before it is spoken, while the work itself gives them something more substantial to share than instant fascination. Female friendship and the restrictions on women's lives deepen the romance. The pace is deliberate and the mood aching; choose it when concentration sounds inviting, not when you need a chatty comedy.