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In the spirit of celebrating the original French dialogue of Céline Sciamma's Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, we would like to share with you a fan-made transcript of the film.

This project evolved from a series of tribute posters that featured quotes of the dialogue from the film. That process required that the majority of the film's dialogue be transcribed and so it felt natural to formalize the work of transcription and proofreading into an unofficial transcript of the complete film. We have done our best to capture what we hear, recognizing that the transcript sometimes deviates from the official French closed captions of the French Blu-Ray.

This transcript is not meant to be a screenplay or script. The stage directions, in English, are meant to provide context and clarification of the scenes surrounding the dialogue. They aim to be descriptive, minimal, and to avoid interpretation in order to evoke the reader's experience and memory of watching the film.

We have also tried, where possible, to transcribe from original sources of text, which include:

Céline Sciamma’s English narration of Héloïse running towards the cliff at the European Film Awards.

Ovide's Metamorphoses, an 1806 translation that features the myth of Orpheus as read by Héloïse and a 1768 translation that provided page 28.

Souvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1835 edition.

And a possible excerpt from the original script regarding the Kitchen scene, as seen on promotional pin backer souvenirs from South Korea.

This transcript was made primarily to help those who are learning French, those who want to study the dialogue of the film, and to express our deep affection for these words. Please please stay tuned to Portrait's official outlets for news regarding the official screenplay and support its release as best you can when it does come out.  

I’d like to take this opportunity to especially thank @mlleclaudine, @ladyonfire28, and @morningmightcomebyaccident for embarking on this journey with me, which started in April 2020. It has been an absolute privilege to work with each and every one of you. Y'all are truly wonderful.

Thank you to everyone in our corner of Portrait Nation for continuing to echo the life-changing language of the film and thank you to Céline Sciamma for being a timeless filmmaker, for breaking our hearts, but also for putting it back together better than it was before.

You can download the transcript here.  

This post is a tribute to this painting in the eyeless series by Hélène Delmaire

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) | dir. Céline Sciamma

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu dir. Céline Sciamma | 2019

Countdown to the 1 year anniversary of the film’s release at the Festival de Cannes 

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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu dir. Céline Sciamma | 2019

Continuing the celebration of the film’s premiere at the Festival de Cannes!!

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THANK YOU:

To everyone for your reblogs and your lovely tags, I see you!

To @mlleclaudine​​ for reviewing every line of dialogue and being just as excited everyday when they were posted.

To @ladyonfire28​ for being more accurate than french subtitles and cheering this series on everyday.

To @morningmightcomebyaccident​ for writing over 50K words of portrait thoughts for us to continue living in.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu dir. Céline Sciamma | 2019

Continuing the celebration of the film’s premiere at the Festival de Cannes!!

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Important Mentions <3

Thank you to @mlleclaudine​​​​​​ and @ladyonfire28​​​​​​ for being so committed to this project