The Lady in the Portrait

An empress commissions a painting of herself from a French outsider in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece. The Lady in the Portrait is a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the Manchurian Empress whose portrait he's ordered to paint.

Director: Charles de Meaux

Cast: Fan Bingbing, Melvil Poupaud, Wu Yue, King Shih-chieh, Huang Jue, Thibault de Montalembert, Féodor Atkine, Li Ruixue

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.