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The Lady in the Portrait

The Lady in the Portrait

2017•1h 34m•5.9/10
Drama

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5.9/10(18)

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.

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Production

Anna Sanders Films, Evergrande Pictures

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Melvil Poupaud

Melvil Poupaud

Jean Denis Attiret

Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing

Impératrice Ulanara

Wu Yue

Wu Yue

Yi

King Shih-Chieh

King Shih-Chieh

Chen

Huang Jue

Huang Jue

Qing Long

Thibault de Montalembert

Thibault de Montalembert

Castiglione

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Paul

Li Ruixue

Li Ruixue

Fan Ye

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