1991 3h 58m Jacques Rivette

La Belle Noiseuse

Name: La Belle Noiseuse
Genre: Drama, Made in Europe
Released: 1991
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt

★ 7.5 IMDb

Drama Made in Europe

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.

Writers Jacques Rivette, Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent

Cast Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt

DP William Lubtchansky

Production Designer Emmanuel de Chauvigny

Music Igor Stravinsky

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