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  1. Public Bookmark 3

    If the door were to open by

    Fandoms: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)  

    01 Jul 2026

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    In 1980, 14-year-old Marianne meets a solitary girl freshly moved into her small seaside town and dreams of running away.

    In 1994, 28-year-old Héloïse joins a small research lab at the precipice of advanced discoveries and instead discovers something from her past.

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    26 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

    For the Last Time by

    Fandoms: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)  

    10 Jan 2023

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    10 years after Marianne and Héloïse’s time together in Brittany, Marianne receives a commission in the mail. Héloïse has requested a portrait of her daughter. While the reunion promises to upheave many memories, it is both bitter as much as it is sweet. After all these years, how much have they held onto? How much have they let go?

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    03 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

    je t'embrasse by

    Fandoms: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)  

    08 Mar 2021

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    5 years after their windswept love affair in Brittany, Marianne sends Héloïse a letter. What follows is a bittersweet correspondence as the two women learn how to translate their love into the written word whilst navigating waters of grief, motherhood and desire.

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    02 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 38

    Always and everywhere by

    Fandoms: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)  

    08 Sep 2020

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    Héloïse is six years old when she first meets a naked Marianne, who is thirty-six, in the meadow behind her house. They are both twenty-eight and fully clothed when Marianne meets Héloïse for the first time, in the library where Héloïse works.

    Time travel shenanigans and heartbreak based on The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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    17 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 25

    The Bluest Light by

    Fandoms: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)  

    01 May 2020

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    A (very soft) early morning encounter between Héloïse and Marianne.

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    10 Jun 2026