Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Why this pick
Its nineteenth-century setting, painterly compositions, and slowly intensifying forbidden attraction closely echo Curiosa’s blend of art, desire, and feminine self-determination.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Its nineteenth-century setting, painterly compositions, and slowly intensifying forbidden attraction closely echo Curiosa’s blend of art, desire, and feminine self-determination.
Why this pick
A lush period erotic drama in which desire, authorship, and power keep shifting; it shares Curiosa’s sensuous visual confidence and fascination with sexual liberation.
Why this pick
Its ornate, deliberately stylized world turns an erotic relationship into a study of ritual, fantasy, and artistic devotion—well suited to Curiosa’s decadent, intimate mood.
Why this pick
A tactile, unhurried romance about a woman pursuing desire beyond social convention, matching Curiosa’s frank eroticism and emotional attentiveness.
Why this pick
Its eighteenth-century illicit love affair combines restrained sensuality with intellectual awakening and social defiance, offering a more sweeping counterpart to Curiosa’s literary passion.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th-century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Marie de Heredia

Pierre Louÿs

Henri de Régnier

Zohra Ben Brahim
Madame de Heredia
Louise

José-Maria de Heredia

Hélène de Heredia