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Where there's smoke: seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  • Written by Susan Potter, Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Spoiler alert: this story describes a pivotal film scene that is designed to surprise the viewer.

LGBTQ films tend to provoke debates about authenticity, especially when it comes to sex: should it be represented explicitly or not? Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), the latest award-winning film from French director-screenwriter Céline...

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