The Lady in the Portrait

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Fan Bingbing

Impératrice Ulanara

Melvil Poupaud

Jean Denis Attiret

Wu Yue

Yi

King Shih-chieh

Chen

Huang Jue

Qing Long