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La Belle Noiseuse
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.
1991 · Directed by Jacques Rivette · 238 min · Drama · 25 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Pascal Bonitzer, Jacques Rivette, Christine Laurent
- Cinematography: William Lubtchansky
- Edited by: Nicole Lubtchansky
- Production design: Emmanuel de Chauvigny
- Produced by: Martine Marignac
Cast
- Michel Piccoli as Edouard Frenhofer
- Emmanuelle Béart as Marianne
- Jane Birkin as Liz
- Marianne Denicourt as Julienne
- David Bursztein as Nicolas
- Gilles Arbona as Porbus
- Marie Belluc as Magali
- Marie-Claude Roger as Françoise
- Leïla Remili as La servante
- Daphne Goodfellow as Une touriste
Production
- Country: France, Switzerland
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions, FR3 Films Production
- Themes: countryside, provence, eroticism, painting, artwork, country estate, painter, drawing and painting, man woman relationship, taxidermist
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