THE RESULTS ARE IN! This week we discuss the results of our poll about how much "lesbo expo" (a.k.a. our VERY COOL abbreviation for "lesbian experience") Marianne and Héloïse had before they met each other. We also read some of the responses, and wow, y'all had OPINIONS. 💕🔥

Links from the show

- Free French learning marathon! https://www.fromance.tilda.ws/

- When Brooklyn Was Queer (Note: Laurel would like to thank Audrey for recommending this to her) http://www.hughryan.org/when-brooklyn-was-queer

This week it's all about SOPHIE! She's smart, talented, resourceful, and a great hang (get it???). It's also through Sophie that we get a broader experience of the film's world as she shows us sorority, community, domesticity, and more. So let's pour each other some wine, get out our embroidery hoops, and chill with our very best BFF. 

Link from the show:

Céline Sciamma on Sophie - https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/2/19/21137213/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-celine-sciamma-interview

In this episode, we talk to Aixa about why she decided to started the fan accounts, how it feels like Portrait gets inside you while you're also inside of it, how it's surprisingly similar to E.T. aaaaand...she graciously, patiently teaches us Portrait Spanish. (Ay, dios mío.😓 )

Links from the show

Portraitofaladyonfirefans on IG: https://www.instagram.com/portraitofaladyonfirefans/

Portrait_Nation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/portrait_nation

Aixa's IG: https://www.instagram.com/rockg0d/

Aixa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aixainspace

Honestly, we thought doing another episode of 28 things we noticed about Portrait of a Lady on Fire might be a bit of a stretch, but we were wrong! We've got lots of fun facts AND heartbreak for you this week, so join us on a FUN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER! 😭 🎢  🥰 

Links from the show:

Thanks (as always) to... https://ladyonfire28.tumblr.com/

Laurent Sciamma, title designer: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4599030/

Cecilia Ngo, Noémie's stunt double: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3164996/

Visit the château! https://us.france.fr/en/paris/article/visit-chateau-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire

Some of Céline's favorite films: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/movies/la-cinetek-streaming.html

@Stargazer_KEA's 2001 + cave scene parallel: https://twitter.com/Stargazer_KEA/status/1287528924122054656

Finally. Finally, we answer all the questions we've received about everything Portrait armpit-related. We talk at great length about axillary hair. We bravely plunge in and out of depictions of manually- and substance-induced pleasure. We even give recommendations for Armpit LARPing! (LARmPing?) So join us in this veritable pit of delights!

Links from the show

Flying Ointment on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_ointment

The Witches' Brew (Narcotics Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM84rkfZK-U&t=1s

The Armpit is the Second...Something: https://decider.com/2020/03/27/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-sex-scene-celine-sciamma-interview/

Finally. Finally, we answer all the questions we've received about armpit drugs, the armpit sex scene, and armpits in general. We talk at great length about axillary hair. We bravely plunge in and out of depictions of manually- and substance-induced pleasure. We even give recommendations for Armpit LARPing! (LARmPing?) So join us in this veritable pit of ecstasy!

Links from the show:

Flying Ointment on Wikipedia

The Witches' Brew (Narcotics Documentary)

The Armpit is the Second Clitoris

Look, we all love how Portrait of a Lady on Fire broke our hearts and made them stronger, but . . . what if Héloise and Marianne found each other after the symphony? What if they got to talk to each other?? WHAT IF THEY GOT TO HANG OUT AND KISS AND STUFF AGAIN?? This week we talk to Vittoria, who has written what is arguably the best Portrait fan fiction out there. the dreadful need in the devotee picks up where the film ends and allows us to explore some beautiful possibilities.

Stuff we mentioned:

Come, dear souls, as we sit by the fire in our drafty, isolated French château to commune with Heather Petrocelli, the avid film researcher and horror cinephile behind Queer for Fear. We discuss the exquisite gothic themes that appear throughout Portrait of a Lady on Fire (a haunted house! beheadings! ghosts! witches??). Heather also gives us even MORE reasons to be awed by Céline Sciamma's genius, and we all take a moment to appreciate Portrait's divine spit strings. JoOoOoinN uUuUusSs.

Show Notes

Portrait fans rejoice! Our favorite film has gotten the Criterion Collection treatment. The CC release includes a slew of insightful interviews with Céline Sciamma, Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Claire Mathon, and Hélène Delmaire; a handful of new subtitle tweaks (plus at least one pretty significant subtitle change); and more. We also discovered that the Blu-ray and the DVD versions are different in ways that disappoint Laurel. But, hey, everyone gets color bars?!