The Lady in the Portrait (15)
Plymouth College of Art
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AT
Prices
Standard Ticket: £9
OAPs (over 60), Students: £7.75. Please bring proof of eligibility.
Unwaged: £4. Please bring proof of eligibility.
25 and Under: £4. Please bring ID, and check the age rating of the film when booking. No other concessions or discounts can be applied to this price.
Plymouth College of Art Staff and Students: £4. Please bring proof of eligibility.
Friends: 10% discount and £6 tickets on Tuesdays
Matinees: £7
Online bookings: add £1.50 booking fee per transaction. This fee helps to pay for maintaining and operating the website and booking system (this fee is waived for Members).
Bringing in Baby: £8.50 (includes a hot drink)
CEA Cardholders: The Card enables a disabled cinema guest to receive a complimentary ticket for someone to go with them when they purchase a full price ticket (£9). The CEA Card is a national scheme developed for UK cinemas by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA). Please book by phone or in person.
About us
Dir. Charles de Meaux, France/China, 108 mins, subtitled. Cast. Bingbing Fan, Melvil Poupaud, Yue Wu, Jin Shi-Jye, Jue Huang, Thibault de Montalembert.When the beautiful Ulanara spies her husband, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, filled with longing and undying love, before the portrait of his late first wife, she is overcome with jealousy. She implores the Emperor to commission a portrait of her, in the hope of arousing the same desire in him. The Emperor chooses French Jesuit painter, Jean Denis Attiret (Melvil Poupaud), for the delicate task that is to follow. Chinese megastar Fan Bingbing turns in an understated, very moving performance as a proud Empress deeply wounded by her husband's neglect. Director Charles de Meaux also served as cinematographer on this exquisitely photographed, sumptuous period piece set in the 18th-century Imperial Court of China and loosely based on a true story… and the haunting portrait it left behind.