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.
Melvil Poupaud
Fan Bingbing
Wu Yue
King Shih-Chieh
Huang Jue
