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.
Cast
Melvil Poupaud
Jean Denis Attiret
Fan Bingbing
Impératrice Ulanara
Wu Yue
Yi
King Shih-Chieh
Chen
Huang Jue
Qing Long
Thibault de Montalembert
Castiglione
Féodor Atkine
Paul
