portrait drawing
11 movies and shows
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Wed, 18 Sep 2019
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Real Fiction
Sat, 24 Jun 2000
A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds up within the artist, leading him to embark upon a quest to gain revenge on all those who have humiliated him.
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Sun, 23 Dec 2001
The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the modern world, these mutant human beings with superhuman powers colonized the funny papers, radio dramas, television and films, to become a truly national industry in the United States: they gave expression to the fears and obsessions of the twentieth century and bolstered American ideals.
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Fri, 14 Oct 2016
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Thu, 18 Sep 2025
Out of her love for the great thinker Leibniz, Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of him. During the portrait sessions, the philosopher and the young painter engage in a passionate struggle for truth in image and likeness, and ultimately for love and death.
Deciso
Sat, 07 Jun 2025
Plastic artist Leo invites young Dante to his art studio and proposes a peculiar game to leave all tension behind.
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
Sat, 29 May 2010
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.
Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
Thu, 06 Oct 2016
An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.
A Case of Blue
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
Recently retired accountant Richard Flicker attends a life-drawing class and his world is turned upside down when he encounters free-spirited Amelia, the spitting image of a long lost love from decades ago. Grappling with a troubled home front, Richard flirts with the temptation of this second chance at romance.
Cagnat, le dessin sinon rien
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
Sketchy Characters
Wed, 03 Jul 2024
After unknowingly drawing a murderer, an aspiring artist becomes the only source of evidence in an ongoing case.