2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁Marian ne , ▁a ▁young ▁painter , ▁is ▁teaching ▁painting ▁less ons . ▁One ▁of ▁her ▁students ▁asks ▁her ▁about ▁a ▁painting ▁of ▁hers , ▁which ▁Marian ne ▁calls ▁Port rait ▁de ▁la ▁jeune ▁fille ▁en ▁feu . ▁ ▁Years ▁previously , ▁Marian ne ▁arriv es ▁on ▁an ▁isolated ▁island ▁in ▁Brit t any . ▁She ▁had ▁been ▁commission ed ▁to ▁paint ▁a ▁portrait ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁woman ▁named ▁H é lo ï se , ▁who ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁married ▁off ▁to ▁a ▁Milan ese ▁no blem an . ▁Marian ne ▁is ▁informed ▁that ▁H é lo ï se ▁has ▁previously ▁refused ▁to ▁pose ▁for ▁port ra its , ▁as ▁she ▁does ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁married ; ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁convent ▁before ▁the ▁suic ide ▁of ▁her ▁older ▁sister ▁necess itated ▁her ▁return ▁and ▁her ▁bet ro th al . ▁Marian ne ▁acts ▁as ▁H é lo ï se ' s ▁h ired ▁companion ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁paint ▁her ▁in ▁secret , ▁and ▁accompan ies ▁her ▁on ▁daily ▁wal ks ▁to ▁memor ize ▁H é lo ï se ' s ▁features . ▁ ▁Marian ne ▁finish es ▁the ▁portrait , ▁but ▁finds ▁herself ▁unable ▁to ▁bet ray ▁H é lo ï se ' s ▁trust ▁and ▁reve als ▁her ▁true ▁reason ▁for ▁arriv ing . ▁After ▁H é lo ï se ▁critic ises ▁the ▁painting , ▁which ▁does ▁not ▁seem ▁to